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When severe weather hits, the most important piece of weather equipment WLOX News has is Doppler Radar. Doppler Radar is a weather instrument specially designed to monitor wind turbulence in a storm by bouncing a radar beam off of raindrops or hail, then determining frequency shifts.
Radar systems gather information by bouncing radio waves off of objects. Weather forecasters examine rainfall and other weather events using a special kind of radar called Doppler radar. A high-powered antenna rotates and sends out pulses of radio waves.
Do you know how to protect yourself during a lightning storm? Lightning can be fascinating to watch, it is also extremely dangerous. The National Weather Service has some important information to keep you and your loved ones safe.
When are the best garden planting times? What will the weather be like this year? Look it up in the Old Farmer's Almanac.
