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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

An Alberta clipper will bring lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with the highest snow totals downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel during the evening and overnight hours across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Heavy rain will bring a flash flooding threat for southern California on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. 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