r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/LunaTuna823 • 1d ago

Video Explosion captured by live weather radar

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u/PrisonerV 1d ago

Its movie magic. Old radars worked like that. Not anymore. They spin and produce the image all at once.

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u/ARoundForEveryone 1d ago

Is it just there, then, "because it's always been there?"

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u/Broberts505 1d ago

I assume it’s so you know it’s not just a frozen screen on a clear day.

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u/ARoundForEveryone 1d ago

Coming soon to a news station near you, a Kellogg's- or Delta- or Microsoft-branded radar sweep line.

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u/1stMammaltowearpants 1d ago

It's just a progress bar so you know it's not frozen. It's also fun for people's cats.

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u/PrisonerV 1d ago

Its stupid. I would remove it. My radar at home uses the same weather service data. It just appears when theres an update.

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u/RandomUser15790 1d ago

Modern Radars operate the same it's just the processing and display have switched to digital from analog. A spinning antenna is a spinning antenna.

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u/mrASSMAN 1d ago

Radars still work the same way.. you’re just looking at the front end after processing

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u/Broad-Bath-8408 1d ago

They're still technically producing the data at only at the given azimuth as it spins. You can just update the final image all at once.