A few strong to marginally severe thunderstorms are possible across the Southeast U.S. Friday. A Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) outlook has been issued. Strong winds and hail will be the main threats. Elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions will persist across south-central Colorado today due to dry conditions and gusty winds. Read More >
Regional Radars and their Coverage
Fig. 1 depicts our regional NEXRAD radars and their “theoretical” areas of coverage. In reality, our weather radar coverage is about 80-90 percent of this theoretical coverage, due to beam attenuation and extreme height of the beam at longer distances. Additionally, mountains will block smaller scale areas such as the Franklin Mountains blocking portions of eastern El Paso County. Larger areas void of data include the area north and west of Silver City and much of southern and eastern Hudspeth County.
Fig. 2 shows the NEXRAD radar network of the continental U.S., including NWS and Department of Defense sites.
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