How does doppler radar work?

1.1K views · 38 reactions | Here's a look at the future radar from now until early Monday morning, the best chance to see an isolated Severe Storm will be from Raleigh to the south. The main risk will be an isolated damaging wind gust and an isolated tornado this afternoon and evening. Much needed rain is coming! | North Carolina's Weather Authority | Facebook

Here's a loop of what the radar may illustrate across the Carolinas using 1 of our forecast models, HRRR. The loop starts at 4pm(2000z) this afternoon and ends 830am(1230z) Mon morning. Majority of the shower and thunderstorm activity should stay west and north of Southeast NC and Northeast SC during this loop period witrh only isolated convection across the forecast area into this evening. (To convert z time to edt time, subtract 4 hrs. ie. 2000z=1600 or 4pm edt) #ilmwx #ncwx #scwx | US Nationa

Here's a quick radar summary and update as of 7:30 PM: The heaviest precip rates, in a band that we highlighted during our 4:30 PM webinar, has remained farther south than we earlier expected, and is mostly confined to an area south and east of a line from Fayetteville to Goldsboro. Under that band (shown by the yellow shades of reflectivity in the loop below) snowfall rates of 1+ inch per hour can be expected while this band is moving through. An area of moderate snow (shown by the green shades