Radar is one of the most useful tools for scanning our skies above. Sometimes, though, things that normally slide under the radar show up in full view on cold mornings.

Weather radar works by sending out a pulse of microwave radiation from a large dish that’s protected by a fibreglass dome that looks like a giant golf ball.

Radar works by sending a beam of microwave energy into the atmosphere. The beam bounces off raindrops and snowflakes and reflects back to the radar dish, where it registers the location and ...

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