National Weather Service to Upgrade Evansville Doppler Radar
Area will be covered from four nearby sites
July 11, 2008
NOAA’s National Weather Service Doppler radar covering Evansville, Ind., will be upgraded to make it compatible with the rest of the agency’s Doppler radar network.
The Doppler radar, near Owensville in Gibson County, will be down for up to two months beginning in early September while technicians upgrade the radar’s software and hardware, but the area will be covered by Weather Service radar from nearby sites. This time period is historically a quiet time for severe thunderstorm and tornado activity in the Evansville area. Technicians will begin work at Owensville on July 10.
After the upgrade, the radar will be able to take advantage of future technology upgrades planned for the rest of the National Weather Service radar network, while reducing operating and maintenance costs.
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