Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But how does Doppler radar work? And how accurate is it? The concept of ...

Doppler radar stands as the most important modern invention in meteorology, fundamentally transforming how we predict, prepare for, and track severe weather events. Since installations began across ...

Radar is quite spectacular in telling us exactly where rain is falling by pinging precipitation with radio waves! Our weather radar can determine more than just a storm’s location, but its movement as ...

Rudy wants to know if the doppler effect, which causes the pitch of sounds emitted by a moving object to change, is the same doppler effect in radar. We have all heard the changes in the sounds that a ...

Hail shows up brightest, as the chunks of ice (relative to the smaller raindrops) are highly reflective and large. This is handy when trying to identify if a storm brings a hail threat or not. Radar ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Scanning the skies 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year, Doppler radar is an extremely important tool in our weather toolbox. With a total of 159 NEXRAD ...

On today’s episode of “For Science!” we invite a very special guest to the lab, 9 & 10 chief meteorologist Michael Stevens to discuss the often misunderstood concept of Doppler. Many believe that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But ...