Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

Hastings National Weather Service Radar, KUEX, has returned to normal operations after being down for a day and a half (April 27-28, 2011) due to the replacement of two radome panels. The photographs below illustrate views from the KUEX radar near Blue Hill, NE, and show the crew working on replacing the radome panels.


Looking down from the radar dome.	View of the radar dish antenna.	Looking out across the landscape (southwest).

The town of Blue Hill from the radar (northwest).	Landscape view from the radar (northeast).	Crew replacing a radome panel.

One radome panel removed.	Crew replacing a radome panel.	Crew working on radome panel.

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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

April 27-28, 2011: KUEX Radar Radome Panel Replacements