Satellite Rain Radar

A weather satellite is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the earth.

Satellite rain radar. The satellite s abi will scan each of these regions once per minute or it can scan one region every 30 seconds. This results in satellite imagery that can update faster than most weather radars. While derived from operational satellites the data products and imagery available on this website are intended for informational purposes only. Red or purple means heavy rain.

The ineractive map makes it easy to navitgate around the globe. Beyond that there is no difference in the products themselves between mesoscale imagery and conus imagery. The key shows how the colours correspond to the amount of rainfall. Weather maps provide past current and future radar and satellite images for local canadian and other north american cities.

The home page for the national weather service weather forecast office in wilmington nc. The radar is put on top of the satellite allowing to view the development of clouds rain and lightning over the past hour. Mpe uses a mosaic of the radars listed below then calibrates the radar rainfall estimates with ground based rain gages. This map shows rainfall radar images at 5 minute intervals.

Official weather forecasts warnings observations past weather and general weather information are provided for southeast north carolina and northeast south carol. The more blue the color contains the more rain. A white color means light rain. These meteorological satellites however see more than clouds and cloud systems.

You can see the results of mpe and get a close estimation of rainfall in 1 hour 6 hour and 24 hour increments here. See the latest united states doppler radar weather map including areas of rain snow and ice. The colors in the radar image reflect the rainfall.