r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/LunaTuna823 • 1d ago

Video Explosion captured by live weather radar

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u/Jonnyflash80 1d ago

Nice overly slow fake radar sweep they've added to the map. 😂

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u/Tentings 1d ago

All these years I always thought that line was the actual radar..damn

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u/vawlk 1d ago

it used to be, but now its just something they add so you don't think you are looking at a static screen. No news program uses an actual live feed from the radar anymore as the processed images look much better.

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u/UsefulEngine1 1d ago

This was driving me crazy during some recent storms. Waiting for that sweep to cross my neighborhood, only for nothing to happen

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u/austinmm6 1d ago

If you look closely, the sweep does update the screen.... every five minutes or so. Pay attention during your next severe weather event and you'll see it.

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u/Jacer4 1d ago

Or if the radar is in SAILS mode every 2ish minutes

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u/Prof_Outis 1d ago

https://radar.weather.gov

Free. Live radar with up to the second warnings. Zoom in on your neighborhood. Click on your house to center the map, then you can create a bookmark.

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u/22Planeguy 1d ago

Modern phased array radars are going to sweep much faster than this and they're going to do a lot more processing to the return than older gen radars

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u/Jonathan7277 1d ago

does the NWS use phased array radar?Â