Rain? Sleet? Freezing rain? Snow? Even the most advanced Doppler radars can struggle to tell the difference. Here's why.

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 ...

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 ...

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis’ main weather radar will be going offline for a few days as technicians replace some of the radar’s protective paneling. Indy’s KIND doppler radar will be down from ...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (WGN) — We see weather radar images every day on our phones, tablets and television screens, but few of us know where those colorful images come from. Former WGN Chief Meteorologist ...