This article explains an upgraded smart solid-state AC switch system that uses microwave Doppler radar instead of traditional ...

Radar sends out electromagnetic (EM) waves rather than rubber balls, but the principle is analogous – we measure the reflections and use it to calculate the position of objects relative to the radar.

In an era of satellites and AI, it might seem surprising that many of aviation’s weather tools still follow decades-old ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is making its most ambitious change in its 125-year history. New technologies are going into operation, and services expected to bring major improvements in weather ...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (WGN) — We see weather radar images every day on our phones, tablets and television screens, but few of us know where those colorful images come from. Former WGN Chief Meteorologist ...

First Alert Storm Team Meteorologist Camille Dinka has your First Alert Forecast, featuring warming then falling temperatures and an active week. Not everyone is able to shovel snow, that’s where ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Over the next two weeks, the final phases of construction will take place to bring the first 1-million-watt Klystron Doppler Radar west of the Mississippi River. More than a year ago ...

LIVE AT 8 A.M. AND WE BEGIN THIS HOUR. WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT HIGHWAY 50 AT SOUTH RIVER ROAD. IT’S A KCRA 3 WEATHER IMPACT DAY, AND WE’VE BEEN GEARING UP FOR THIS STORM ALL WEEK. ROADS ARE ALREADY WET ...

For the first time in 20 years, the massive Sea-Based X-band Radar (SBX-1) has deflated its protective dome at Pearl Harbor.

In a breakthrough in radar technology, researchers from the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have developed the world's ...

Former WGN Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling climbed a 100-foot tower at the National Weather Service office in Romeoville to get an up-close look at the Mammoth, a 28-foot Doppler antenna that scans ...

Collisions between marine vessels and stationary structures, like offshore oil platforms and depleted wellheads, are becoming ...