Much like in North Dakota, plans are in place to “lower the beam,” of the Jackson, Miss., radar. In a perfect world, a new weather radar sited near Meridian, Mississippi, would address the western Alabama/eastern Mississippi gap.īut steps are being made to address the zone. To turn on/off yellow and red alert boxes click on. Most of the sites are are operated by the NWS, but the Department of Defense also maintains and operates weather radar sites on military installations. Welcome to our interactive radar powered by StormTracker 2 HD - the most powerful radar in Georgia. Get the latest airport weather forecast and current conditions for DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL DFW DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
There are 160 sites covering the 50 states, with seven sites in Alaska and four in Hawaii. The radar network across the country is called NEXRAD, for Next Generation Radar. See a real view of Earth from space, providing a detailed view of clouds, weather systems, smoke, dust, and fog Wind. It takes about $500,000 a year to maintain each site, the 2008 study shows. And keeping the sites up and running is also expensive. The tab includes the radar unit and land acquisition. Author: WFAA Published: 8:53:13 AM Updated: 8:53 AM CDT AugPaid Advertisement. A 2008 report by the National Research Council estimated that it would take $10 million to put in a new weather radar site. Send us your weather photos via Twitter or to. Otherwise we won’t be able to gain access to that data to issue warnings.” The SolutionsĪnd weather radar sites aren’t cheap. “But we have to work with the local governments to make sure we have data from that site. “That would be a tremendous help,” Martin said.