NOAA Logo - Click to go to the NOAA homepage
National Weather Service Radar Image
WSR-88D Radar FAQ'sSkip to side navbar
NWS Logo - Click to go to the NWS homepage
Sizer graphic to fix Netscape 4.x error

Local weather
forecast by
"City, St" or zip code
  
Radar Views

Additional Links



Doppler Radar
Precipitation Volumn Coverage Pattern 21 (VCP 21)
Values in red represent the different elevation angles in this VCP. This table shows the approximate height and width of the radar beam with distance from the radar site. The radar will complete one volume scan (nine elevation scans) every six minutes.

 National Weather Service, NOAA
 1325 East-West Highway
 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Last Modified: September 25, 2003