Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But how does Doppler radar work? And how accurate is it? The concept of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The best chance for severe storms will be south of the Triangle where there will be a bit more instability in the atmosphere. Highs will be in the mid-60s to low 70s. After the storms, the rest of the ...