The Weather Channel - Radar (2024)

FAQs

What does the grey dot mean on The Weather Channel radar? ›

Precipitation moving perpendicular to the radar beam (in a circle around the radar) will have a radial velocity of zero, and will be colored grey. The velocity is given in knots (10 knots = 11.5 mph).

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To close the bottom panel completely, so you can see more radar space, swipe down on the panel, and it will slide away. If your animation plays too slowly or quickly, you can control it by tapping on the Layers button on the right, and then on the top selecting “Animation speed”.

Red= Very Heavy Rain or Rain & Hail. Purple= Extremely heavy rain or hail. Winter Weather Colors. White or Blue= Snow.

The colors are typically a spectrum. The greens indicate light or moderate rainfall. Yellow, orange, and red indicate moderate to heavy rainfall and can also indicate hail. Whites or blues mean snowfall and pink indicates freezing rain, sleet, or a wintry mix.

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Radar Beam Exercise

When navigating using VOR's, they used the 1-In-60 rule (i.e. if an aircraft is 60nm from a VOR and 1° off-track, the aircraft is 1nm off-track). But there is a more generic form of the rule that is useful for radar. Just take the radar range and add two zeros to find out what one degree equals.

Drawbacks or disadvantages of CW Radar

➨It becomes difficult to take decision when there are large number of targets. In this situation, the CW radar system gets confused.

What weather radar app do storm chasers use? ›

RadarScope is an app for your phone that brings live NWS radar to the palm of your hands. Most radar apps process the data on a server before pushing a jpeg or gif image to their app. RadarScope uses raw data processed on your phone. This means you see the data almost as fast as NWS forecasters see the data.

If the blue dot isn't visible or is gray, Maps can't find your current location and shows you the last location you visited.

For example, if you notice the dots in a line, that could indicate the leading edge of a cold front! Meanwhile, if you see an increase in dots on the WatherRadar, that means a storm is intensifying. Therefore, if you are nearby, you should seek shelter!

The dot has been designed to indicate where the current temperature falls on the temperature scale for that day. If the high is predicted to be 42 degrees and the white dot is at the end, that is the warmest part of the day. The same indicator is present in the UV Index and the Sunset times.

Blue and green colors represent light-to-moderate rainfall. Yellow and orange colors show moderate-to-heavy precipitation, while red is very heavy rainfall and pink colors inside the red color represent hail of different sizes.