Welcome to FAQs about the National Weather Service’s new radar webpage located at radar.weather.gov and launched on December 17, 2020. We redesigned our radar viewer to improve our services to the public. On the new page, we provide more radar products and radar images are updated more frequently and at four times higher resolution than before. Our GIS-based webpage allows users to integrate our radar data into their own platforms. Learn more. If you have suggestions or feedback, please email nws.radarfeedback@noaa.gov.
The primary features of the map are:
Select the map options 
and then choose "Reset Map."
Radar overlays for file downloads:
See changes in downloads for more information.
Storm-based warnings display by default on the "National radar mosaic" and "Radar station products" views. You can select to display all warnings on these views by using the view options (three vertical dots).
The "All hazardous conditions" and "Weather for a location" view displays all warnings by default. The hazards view also has a quick-toggle to filter by storm-based.
For national mosaics (Conus, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico):
For WSR-88D (NWS, DOD, FAA):
For TDWR (FAA):
Please visit IDPGIS web services for details on the different OGC compliant services offered.
KML is based on the selected view. Select the view options (three vertical dots), and click the link to download the KML if available.
Radar geoTIFS are available at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20210104202253/https://mrms.ncep.noaa.gov/data/RIDGEII. Warnings can be retrieved from the OGC WMS Services at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20210104202253/https://preview-opengeo.ncep.noaa.gov/geoserver
This is normally caused by a radar being offline due to maintenance or a repair needed. You can confirm by comparing it to the "National radar mosaic" view or visiting the radar status site.
As you use the radar site, the browser address bar will automatically update with the a unqiue URL that will preserve the options you selected. Simply use your brower bookmark feature to save it for your next visit. On mobile devices, you can also save the bookmark as an icon on the home screen.
If you click the map the site will automatically select the "Weather for your location" view, which includes radar, warnings, and the forecast. You can also search for a specific location by name, zip code, or using geolocation if enabled on your device.
The OGC compliant services are available from the IDPGIS GeoServer.
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