Doppler radar is “a remote sensing tool, which basically means it senses things in the atmosphere,” said Sara Purdue, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. Here’s ...

How Doppler Radar Lets Meteorologists Predict Weather and Save Lives Doppler radar is one of the most revolutionary and lifesaving tools of modern meteorology, which has experts worried about ...

Central Massachusetts was the location for yesterday's first recorded tornado throughout New England in 2025. While there has been plenty of severe weather locally , this twister was the first of the ...

Postwar, surplus military radars were adapted for civilians. The first National Weather Service radar (WSR-1) was an old Navy radar. Today there are 160 “NEXRAD” (WSR-88D) Doppler radars from Alaska ...