This episode of KSAT Explains explores how Doppler radar technology works to track storms in South Texas. Meteorologist Justin Horne visits the National Weather Service station in New Braunfels and the Bracken Bat Cave, a common hotspot on radar images.
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“They spotted a flight of planes, they believed was a flight of planes, 136 nautical miles north of Oahu. Of course, it was the Japanese invasion fleet of Pearl Harbor,” said Purifacto.“Radar was a boon for air traffic controllers, it was also later developed for radio astronomy, and traffic cops now use it to check for speeders,” adds Purifacto.Improvements are constantly being made to radar technology.
Matt Brady and his team at the National Weather Service in New Braunfels witnessed this advancement in technology this past March. “During calm air, during calm weather...it’s going much slower. During very violent weather, like tornadoes possibly, it’s really spinning fast, and it’s making cuts in the air very quickly. As fast as it physically can,” explains Tony Freund, Electronic Technician for the National Weather Service in New Braunfels.
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