BOULDER, Colorado — When a tornadic supercell thunderstorm forms on the eastern plains of Colorado, meteorologists use a Doppler radar to get critical scans and analyze the storm’s dangerous potential ...

Scientists are creating a radar that observes storms with new intensity and precision, the National Science Foundation announced this month. The hope, researchers said, is that the technology will ...

After every major weather disaster, such as the overnight explosion of Hurricane Michael in 2018, the same questions arise around how much the forecast might have benefited from better information ...

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 ...

Phased-array radars are great for all sorts of things, whether you’re doing advanced radio research or piloting a fifth-generation combat aircraft. They’re also typically very expensive. [Nawfal] ...

Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated with a corrected list of development partners provided after publication. After every major weather disaster, such as the overnight explosion ...