GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Frequent West Michigan radar watchers may have noticed a weird feature that occasionally appears jutting from the Grand Rapids Airport. This perfectly straight radial beam ...
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 beams quite literally move at the speed of light, and when they bounce off an object in the sky and return to the radar site to be collected and analyzed, we called that an “echo.” For weather ...
A private company wants to install a weather radar in Whitehouse to fill gaps in low-level coverage across East Texas, a ...
As severe weather threatens the area, East Texas historically struggles to easily recognize forming storms that threaten ...
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How Sidelobes Enable Jamming and False Targets

In this episode, we break down what radar sidelobes are, why directional antennas can’t focus energy into a single perfect ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The National Weather Service (NWS) radar in Slidell will be relocated to Hammond in the months ahead. The radar was officially taken offline on Monday, November 27, and is ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The radar you normally rely on will look a little different for a while. That’s because the National Weather Service is moving a main radar in Slidell to Hammond over the next few ...
SBX TESTS: The Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) Radar, which is involved in sea trials in the central Gulf of Mexico, transmitted a radar beam for the first time Sept. 11 and will soon start high-power ...