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Winter Storm in the Central Appalachians through the Northeast; Heavy Snow in the Great Basin and Rockies

A winter storm will impact the central Appalachians to the Northeast through the night. Accumulating snow is expected for interior New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic. Scattered showers and occasional thunderstorms will persist across Florida and the Southeast coast. Locally heavy mountain snow is expected in the Great Basin and Rockies over the next couple of days. 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.