Tim Vasquez
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I created these graphics today to get an idea of where the "radar holes" are located and to see the basic coverage of the WSR-88D network. The green falls off at about 100 nm into reds, and the outermost blue color is at 248 nm (the limit of the base data).
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weathergraphics.com%2Ftim%2Fradarrange1x.gif&hash=1ea7aeef32b0f94ea933ba1f1099699d)
Great Plains (click to enlarge)
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weathergraphics.com%2Ftim%2Fradarrange2x.gif&hash=2bc51498ffffb0ba5276f0777913d33c)
United States (click to enlarge)
Interesting that northern Missouri (major agricultural belt) has one of the worst radar holes east of the Rockies.
Also see the following for similar maps:
http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~jzhang/radcov.html (Multi-site coverage maps, adjusted for obstructions) http://www.roc.noaa.gov/ssb/queries/siteid/search.asp (Single-site coverage maps, adjusted for obstructions)
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/maps.asp (Basic maps)
Tim
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weathergraphics.com%2Ftim%2Fradarrange1x.gif&hash=1ea7aeef32b0f94ea933ba1f1099699d)
Great Plains (click to enlarge)
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weathergraphics.com%2Ftim%2Fradarrange2x.gif&hash=2bc51498ffffb0ba5276f0777913d33c)
United States (click to enlarge)
Interesting that northern Missouri (major agricultural belt) has one of the worst radar holes east of the Rockies.
Also see the following for similar maps:
http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~jzhang/radcov.html (Multi-site coverage maps, adjusted for obstructions) http://www.roc.noaa.gov/ssb/queries/siteid/search.asp (Single-site coverage maps, adjusted for obstructions)
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/maps.asp (Basic maps)
Tim