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weather radar

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noun

  1. radar designed or suitable for use in detecting clouds and precipitation.


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Aircraft have weather radar that will pick up storms ahead.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2025

They rely on weather radar and carry extra fuel so they can fly around and wait for the weather to ease, if needed.

From New York Times May 22, 2024

His team plans to test this by analyzing weather radar data – which also detects the presence of flying birds, bats and insects – to see if more birds take wing during the eclipse.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

Doppler weather radar stations and ground-based magnetometers -- devices that measure the intensity of local magnetic fields -- to test for a possible link between geomagnetic disturbances and disruptions to nocturnal bird migration.

From Science Daily Oct. 9, 2023

Look at what the weather radar is telling us: there’s trouble ahead.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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