Category: Radar

Impressive Quick Rains at KHSV

21 August, 2010 (18:03) | Forecast Discussion, Radar | No comments

Another indication of the impressive rains that can fall out of these thunderstorms in this moist, summertime airmass: 1.21 inches of rain fell at the Huntsville International Airport this afternoon. That fact is not impressive on its own, but where you consider that… …0.88 inches fell in 8 minutes …1.02 inches fell in 9 minutes [...]

Can You Identify These Radar Echoes?

30 October, 2009 (00:02) | Radar | 15 comments

I snuck a peek at the KBMX radar while riding the Metro out from downtown D.C. tonight. I was amazed to see two worm shaped bands of high reflectivity across South Alabama. It certainly didn’t look like precipitation, more like a couple of huge snakes sidewinding across the state. Here is a radar image: Would [...]