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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

The new National Weather Service radar page is now live at radar.weather.gov with some big upgrades!

Benefits of this new page include:

  • Mobile device friendly.
  • High resolution radar.
  • Searchable locations with the local forecast.
  • Display precipitation type. 
  • Add radar data to your own GIS software.
    ...and more!

The display has many new features that make some time to get familiar with. Here is a link to a short tutorial and a link to a 15 minute video to take you through the features of the new radar page. Finally, here is a link to a FAQ for the new radar page.

 

Quick Reference Guide: