CNN

A militarized conspiracy theorist group believes radars are ‘weather weapons’ and is trying to destroy them

National Weather Service offices around the country are on guard after recent threats to agency infrastructure — specifically Doppler weather radars — from a violent militia-style group, emails from ...
Reuters

Visual Crossing Adds Real-Time Radar to Its Weather API, Starting in the U.S. and Europe

The update’s main focus has been neatly explained: “Adding real-time radar unlocks a new level of precision in location-aware applications,” said a Visual Crossing spokesperson. “It allows developers ...
abc13

Only on 13: A first look at the next generation of weather radar technology

NORMAN, Oklahoma (KTRK) -- The 13 Alert Radar network is today's most powerful radar technology and gives our team of meteorologists the ability to track severe storms more accurately. But in the ...
NPR

Where does your weather forecast come from?

You're about to walk your dog, but the sky looks ominous. You pull out your phone, open your favorite weather app, and see that it's about to pour. You wait for the rain to pass. Or maybe you planned ...
Scientific American

Inside the Lifesaving Power of Doppler Weather Radar

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 ...