Friday, July 20, 2012

Weather radar

  • Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the GWX 70, a new solid-state weather radar that affordably brings advanced Doppler-enabled features to general aviation aircraft.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • At 7:30 a.m. Friday, Weather Service radar showed a large area of storms stretching from near Rome to Dalton, moving toward metro Atlanta, while a smaller area of rain and thunderstorms was moving eastward through the northeast suburbs.
  • (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  • The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for Newport News and parts of Hampton Roads through 11 p.m.
  • (Daily Press)
  • Pinpoint VIPIR HD Radar estimates show rainfall ranged from about a half inch up to 3 inches in a few spots. The heaviest rain fell in a band from southwest Allen county to parts of northern Huntington county. A weather spotter in New Haven reported 1.57.
  • (NBCNews.com)
  • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service says its Doppler radar in Bismarck has been shut down for an upgrade. The installation of dual-polarization Doppler is part of a $50 million upgrade to radar systems nationwide.
  • (Jamestown Sun)
  • In this paper, we develop a data-driven methodology to characterize the likelihood of orographic precipitation enhancement using sequences of weather radar images and a digital elevation model (DEM).
  • (IEEE Spectrum)
  • Forecasters say more than 2 inches of rain fell in less than 45 minutes in parts of south Charlotte. Weather radar shows additional heavy thunderstorms moving toward the same areas that already have been hit. Check back for further details.
  • (CharlotteObserver.com)
  • The last week, however, saw a rash of violent weather rarely seen on the west side of Washington state. On Friday morning KING 5 First Alert Radar showed hundreds of lightnning strikes over the urban area and along the Cascades.
  • (NBCNews.com)
  • parishes has prompted a special weather statement from the Slidell office of the National Weather Service. At 11:16 a.m.
  • (nola.com)
  • CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 540 PM EDTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAILAND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  • (My Fox 8)

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