Since 1988, this meteorological breakthrough has nearly doubled tornado warning times, giving communities crucial minutes to seek safety. You can demonstrate it at home with a simple experiment!

When you are outdoors and see dark clouds rolling in and you pick up you phone to look at the radar - have you ever wondered how it all works? Doppler radar is one of the most powerful tools in modern ...

Tracking the weather is vital to the safety of many Idahoans, and the National Weather Service's (NWS) Doppler radar is a key ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Imagine you're at the train station, waiting to catch the northbound train. It's a quiet ...

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 ...

If there are multiple things out there, say more raindrops, more beams will bounce back. What radar can do is measure the time it takes between emitting that pulse and the pulse coming back. With ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Seasons are changing and with that comes bird migration. Of the many ways they can be tracked, Doppler radar is one of the most efficient. It is estimated that each night ...