You are browsing the archive for 2 January 2013 - Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal.
2 January 2013
Ring Around The Radar
In my last post I mentioned that the general public usually does not understand the weather radar images they see (on TV or online), and I saw a perfect example today. This is the Dover NEXRAD image at 2:12 PM EST today using the RadarScope app. This app is a favorite among meteorologists, but hopefully you are already wondering about something. What is causing this ring of rain around the radar?? The answer …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.