NBC story
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 6:01 pm
by pojo
In Norman, OK at the NSSL there is a more powerful radar that will be tested this summer. Called the Phased Array Radar, this radar scans the sky 5x better than a conventional doppler radar. It could aide in making advanced warning times expanded from 11 minutes to 22 minutes. Its the same radar that the Navy uses for enemy defense.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/rrdd/par/
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 4:04 am
by Guest
I heard about this super radar a couple of months ago and thaught they were supposed to have it up and running by now................Anyways thanks for bringing this up again pojo i surely cant wait to see it in action....
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:47 am
by Allexpert Mike
Whatever this is i'm sure NBC10 news in PHL will have it by the end of the week,,,,lol.
There has been a lot of major weather stories recently,,,,,,I received a question at the site I volunteer at about a ice age in Europe. I just looked into it and I couldnt answer his question because I never jnew about it until that day. Also story a while ago (my favorite) about freshwater build up in the Gulf Stream,,,,,,fresh water is less dense and could lead to a normal thing with the Northeast seeing sub zero temperatures and very cold winters the next 10 years or so. (((My prelim for winter will be out in a month or so))) No forecast just a brief over view of factors.
All we need know is a computer model that predicts the weather accurately for 5-7 days out,,,,lol,,,i'm sure i'll be dead by then though.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:16 am
by Anonymous
Definitely my favorite too ! (the freshwater building up in large parts of Atlantic and expanding). Does look like we'll be heading towards a colder regime overall in the next 10 years it looks lke ! I bet that last winter was just the start.....................
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Allexpert Mike wrote:Whatever this is i'm sure NBC10 news in PHL will have it by the end of the week,,,,lol.
There has been a lot of major weather stories recently,,,,,,I received a question at the site I volunteer at about a ice age in Europe. I just looked into it and I couldnt answer his question because I never jnew about it until that day. Also story a while ago (my favorite) about freshwater build up in the Gulf Stream,,,,,,fresh water is less dense and could lead to a normal thing with the Northeast seeing sub zero temperatures and very cold winters the next 10 years or so. (((My prelim for winter will be out in a month or so))) No forecast just a brief over view of factors.
All we need know is a computer model that predicts the weather accurately for 5-7 days out,,,,lol,,,i'm sure i'll be dead by then though.