Wind and Rain in the Northeast; Atmospheric River to Impact the West

A cold front will cross the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. through today with gusty winds and areas of rain showers. A strong atmospheric river is then expected to move into the Northwest by midweek bringing a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty winds, and mountain snows for parts of Washington, Oregon, northern California, and the Sierra Nevada. 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.

GID RSS Feed

Wind and Rain in the Northeast; Atmospheric River to Impact the West

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