Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But ...

On today’s episode of “For Science!” we invite a very special guest to the lab, 9 & 10 chief meteorologist Michael Stevens to discuss the often misunderstood concept of Doppler. Many believe that the ...

A Doppler Radar detects precipitation intensity, wind direction and speed, and provides estimates of hail size and rainfall amounts. With this tool forecasters are given the capability of providing ...

Radar is quite spectacular in telling us exactly where rain is falling by pinging precipitation with radio waves! Our weather radar can determine more than just a storm’s location, but its movement as ...

HARLAN, Iowa (KTIV) - Homes outside Harlan, Iowa were struck by an EF-3 tornado on Friday. While the large wedge tornado was ripping through southeastern Shelby County, a mobile Doppler radar project ...

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 ...