Weather Radar Weather Channel (2024)

FAQs

What happened to the radar on the Weather Channel app? ›

Answer: The organization of the display has changed. Instead of the panel on the right side, that closed to a plus sign, there is now a row of choices (buttons) toward the bottom of the radar display that you can swipe left and right through. The choice “All Layers”, opens the same Layers display that you knew before.

Precipitation moving away from the radar has positive velocity (yellows and oranges). 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.

Weather surveillance radars such as the WSR-88D can detect most precipitation within approximately 80 nautical miles (nm) of the radar, and intense rain or snow within approximately 140 nm. However, light rain, light snow, or drizzle from shallow cloud weather systems are not necessarily detected.

Back when we learned to fly, we were taught the one-in-60 rule. If you were 60nm from a VOR and 1-degree off track you were 1nm off track. For radar there is a more useful form of the rule. If you want to know how many feet 1-degree is at any range just add two zeros to the range.

“Our transformed app will set a new standard for what people can and should expect from their weather provider, whether it is getting ahead of a storm, planning a trip, understanding how air quality could affect your health, or simply deciding when to go for a hike.

Purple= Extremely heavy rain or hail.

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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(2) If the forecaster expected a widespread area of precipitation with 100% coverage to approach, but he/she was only 40% certain that it would reach the forecast area, this would, as well, result in a "40% chance of rain" at any given location in the forecast area.

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”. The 72-hour Radar provides a slightly different display for the partially opened bottom panel.

How can you tell how fast a storm is moving on radar? ›

Velocity data is derived from the phase, or doppler shift of the returned energy. The radar's computers will calculate the shift and determine whether the precipitation is moving toward or away from the radar, and how fast, then apply a corresponding color to those directions and speeds.

Nap-of-the-earth (NOE) is a type of very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. Other, mostly older terms include "contour flying", "ground-hugging", "terrain masking", "flying under the radar" and "hedgehopping".

The Storm Radar app for Android will be discontinued later this year. The Weather Company continues to support weather science, products and coverage, so users can access the same great storm tracking features and news via The Weather Channel app.

The Weather app has been removed from your screen, but it still exists within the Google app on your phone. You can add it back at any time. If you love knowing the current weather, check out some other weather apps that you can use on your Android phone.

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It has to do with the type and intensity of the precipitation. 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.