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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

Pilots use a variety of methods to avoid turbulence, including using a weather radar display.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

Data were collected from magnetometer stations near weather radar sites.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

Without information from a weather radar or other optical measurements, he says, it is challenging to puzzle out the small-scale processes within thunderstorms.

From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2023

“Captain, the weather radar has helped us a lot,” he says.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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