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Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East

A significant, long-duration winter storm will bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Widespread travel disruptions, prolonged power outages, and vast tree damage is likely. Frigid temperatures, gusty winds, and dangerous wind chills will expand from the north-central US to the Southern Plains, MS Valley, and Midwest. Read More >

February 2, 1998 Doppler Radar Images

Doppler Radar Dade/Broward area

The above radar reflectivity image was taken from the Miami (KAMX) Doppler radarpar at 8:24 pm February 2, 1998 and shows the very strong intensity of the echo pattern overpar the Dade/Broward Metro area. A large well-defined Bow echo of >50 DBZ intensity,par and several embedded areas of >55 DBZ near Opa Locka (OPF), south and west ofpar North Perry Airport (HWO) along the Dade/Broward line in the Pembroke Pines/Miramar area.par The strongest intensity of 63 DBZ is located northwest of North Perry in the Davie/Cooperpar City area of Broward county.

 

The image below is an enlarged view of the above picture highlighting regions of the metropolitan area.

  Doppler radar Dade/Broward area