Outside every National Weather Service (NWS) office around the U.S. stands what looks like an enormous white soccer ball, perched atop metal scaffolding several stories high. These somewhat plain ...

A tool designed for war became a tool designed to save lives. Doppler radar is a crown jewel of modern science that helps meteorologists save countless lives every year—and it’s a complex technology ...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Editors note: This story is part of 13WMAZ's Weather Impact Hurricane Season special, highlighting the impact of hurricanes and how to be prepared. You can watch that special on ...

This week's question examines the details of a device that many of us take for granted when looking at our local weather. Morning Brief reader Mark asks, "How does radar work?" Meteorologist Sara ...

Radar systems generally consist of a transmitter which can produce electromagnetic signal and which is radiated into space using an antenna. When this signals strikes an object it reflects into many ...

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — As Spring nears, Texoma’s Homepage and KFDX and Texoma’s Fox are dedicated to keeping you safe ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) — Have you ever pulled up a weather radar app and spotted blobs of green or blue hovering around Wichita or another city—only to look outside and see nothing but clear skies? If ...

Work has begun to get the Kearney Gomez Doppler Radar back up and running again after it failed almost immediately after a ...

The current network of weather radars in the United States was installed in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. There are nearly 160 weather radars in the network. The radars are the NEXRAD WSR-88D ...