Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >
The NWS online radar display has CHANGED! The web address is the same, but there is a completely new interface: The display has many options, and may take some time to become familiar with it. This is a short tutorial on how to use the interface. See the following images for tips, and read on for more details and familiarization exercises/procedures. |
Single Radar: | Navigation: | Map settings: |
Start:
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Zoom in/out:
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Pan (slide the map around):
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Loop the image:
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Center on a specific town/location:
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Select a specific/single radar site:
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View different radar data for a single radar site:
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View more options in single-radar mode:
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Go back to the National Radar Mosaic:
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You can BOOKMARK any view you like ! Firm up your settings/preferences (location/zoom/radar image type/data/map background/transparency/loop) before you hit the: "bookmark this page" button/feature on your browser. |
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Choose Map Backgrounds:
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-- changing transparency in done in single radar mode "more" window -- |