Here’s my GM Desert Proving Ground – Yuma Weather Station
Phoenix Weather Radar Site (PSR)
Mesa, Arizona
| Clouds hover over the Phoenix Weather Radar
Site (PSR)
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| The Sun beams past the National Weather
Service - Weather Radar Site Phoenix (PSR) sign
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| Doppler Data collects in the building below
the Phoenix Weather Radar antenna.
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NOAA
New radar at Gateway airport to provide more precise storm tracking
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US Dept of CommerceNational Weather Service Forecast Office - Phoenix Radar Site
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However, during the peaks of the bird migration seasons, in April and early September, extensive areas of the south-central U.S. may be covered by such echoes. Finally, aircraft often appear as "point targets" far from the radar, particularly in composite reflectivity images.
The
radar is also limited close in by its inability to scan directly overhead.
Therefore, close to the radar, data are not available due to the radar's maximum
tilt elevation of 19.5°. This area is commonly referred to as the radar's
"Cone of Silence".
Though surface echoes appear in the base and composite reflectivity images, special automated error checking generally removes their effects from precipitation accumulation products. The national reflectivity mosaic product is also automatically edited to detect and remove most non-precipitation features. Even with limited experience, users of unedited products can differentiate precipitation from other echoes, if they are aware of the general meteorological situation.
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Here’s my GM Desert Proving Ground – Yuma Weather Station