Chantal is now a Tropical Depression. Flash flood concerns continue across portions of central North Carolina into Monday. Life-threatening surf and rip currents conditions are expected to continue at beaches along the U.S. East Coast from northeastern Florida to the Mid-Atlantic states during the next day or so. Flood Watches and recovery continue across central Texas. Read More >
The NWS radar display https://radar.weather.gov/ has been implemented as of Dec 17th, 2020! The display has many options, and may take some time to become familiar with it. This is a short tutorial on how to use the interface. See the following images for tips, and read on for more details and familiarization exercises/procedures. Here is a link to a ~15 minute video stepping you through most of the tips below: https://youtu.be/5Bcq_t_SvG8 There is also an FAQ page from the folks who developed the new radar interface. Here's a link to our local Morristown TN (KMRX) radar site. You can bookmark this URL: https://go.usa.gov/xAgQV Special Thanks to NWS State College PA for this tutorial! |
Single Radar: | Navigation: | Map settings: |
Start:
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Zoom in/out:
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Pan (slide the map around):
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Loop the image:
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Center on a specific town/location:
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Select a specific/single radar site:
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View different radar data for a single radar site:
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View more options in single-radar mode:
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Go back to the National Radar Mosaic:
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You can BOOKMARK any view you like ! Firm up your settings/preferences (location/zoom/radar image type/data/map background/transparency/loop) before you hit the: "bookmark this page" button/feature on your browser. |
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Choose Map Backgrounds:
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-- changing transparency in done in single radar mode "more" window -- |