What Is NEXRAD Doppler Radar?

EXRAD (NEXt generation of weather RADar) Doppler radars have been installed throughout the country to replace the outdated network of conventional weather radars that were installed in the late 1950s. AccuWeather is offering access to the full network of nearly 150 NEXRAD Doppler radars, as each site is installed and test data made available from it by the government. NEXRAD's ability to detect wind patterns in storms and provide real time rainfall amounts are revolutionizing the way we keep up with and ahead of rapidly changing weather.

Each NEXRAD radar generates dozens of data types, including higher resolution reflectivity data, storm total rainfall amounts, wind speeds and direction, wind gusts and much more, including early tornado detection capability.

AccuWeather has the most NEXRAD products available (20 basic products plus value-added mosaics, StormTimer™ and numerous other value-added products) from the most NEXRAD sites, all in real time. AccuWeather's NEXRAD products will provide you with superior resolution, more detail, higher accuracy and a wide range of information than ever before available from existing radar technology.