Thick swarms of cicadas may be interfering with weather radar, NWS says

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Thick swarms of cicadas may be interfering with weather radar, NWS says
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'You may have noticed a lot of fuzziness,' NWS Baltimore-Washington tweeted, suggesting cicadas might be messing with weather radar.

There was a buzz in the air as festival goers tasted the newly emerged Brood X periodical cicada during Cicada Fest at Green Farmacy Garden.No matter how hard we try, we can't get cicadas off our radar. And, for the National Weather Service, it may be a literal problem.

The weather service's Baltimore-Washington account tweeted Saturday that if anyone has noticed fuzziness on its radar recently, there's a culprit that fits the bill – cicadas. "You may have noticed a lot of fuzziness on our radar recently. The Hydrometeor Classification algorithm shows much of it to be Biological in nature. Our guess? It's probably the #cicadas," the weather service tweeted.

You may have noticed a lot of fuzziness on our radar recently. The Hydrometeor Classification algorithm shows much of it to be Biological in nature. Our guess? It's probably the

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