New NWS Radar Page Planned To Go Live This Week

The new radar webpage (currently found at preview-radar.weather.gov) will replace the current page (radar.weather.gov) on or about Dec. 16, 2020. Through Dec. 15, the new webpage will run in parallel with the current one, in order to allow users the necessary time to transition to learning the new interactive radar webpage. We redesigned the new page to improve our radar services based on feedback we received from many of you.

Among the new features are:

• GIS-based for easy integration into apps used for situational awareness
• More frequent updates and at four times higher resolution
• Web-based and mobile-friendly displays
• Uses Multi-Radar, Multi-Sensor (MRMS) datasets on an interactive map
• Ability to download data in KML format
• Contains several map layers that are Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant
• Ability to overlay long-fused (e.g. winter weather) and short-fused (e.g. severe weather) watches, warnings and advisories
• Inclusion of several high-resolution radar product types

The customized display can be bookmarked for use. As such, there would be no specific web pages for each individual radar. 

We have created a shortcut centered for the area. It is available Here

Other usefull resources:

• Youtube tutorial from WFO Wakefield VA
• Tutorial page from State College PA Office