For any Radar Lovers out there, AccuWeather has pulled out all the stops this week by adding the following 21 Local Radar Types for 142 US and 1 Puerto Rico NEXRAD Radars to their Pay service, "In Beta Testing at this time" per the page. The Personal AccuWeather service is available for $3.33-$4.95 per month and includes many other products. A 30-Day Trial is available. http://personal.accuweather.com/ I give short explanations of some types below, for more information see their NEXRAD F.A.Q. at http://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/paws/dopplerfaq.htm Base Reflectivity Tilt 1 (most common radar type) Base Reflectivity Tilt 1 With Storm Info Table/Storm Timer (shows MESO/TVS/HAIL etc and projected path of storm in 15,30,45,60 minutes) Base Reflectivity Tilt 2 Base Reflectivity Tilt 3 Base Reflectivity Tilt 4 Extended Base Reflectivity (Like "Base Reflectivity Tilt 1" but out to full scale 286mi.) Composite Reflectivity (Takes all tilts into account) Layer Composite Reflectivity - Low Layer Composite Reflectivity - Mid Layer Composite Reflectivity - High Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 1 (For thunderstorm rotation and outflow winds) Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 2 Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 3 Radial Wind Velocity Tilt 4 Storm-Relative Radial Velocity Tilt 1 (For better detection of possible tornadic signatures) Storm-Relative Radial Velocity Tilt 2 Storm Total Surface Rainfall Accumulation One Hour Surface Rainfall Accumulation Three Hour Surface Rainfall Accumulation Vertically Integrated Liquid (Good for detecting Hail vs. Rain) Echo Tops -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "They're not who we're looking for; they're just meteorologists- storm chasers." --Peter Watts, "Millennium" || ICQ No. 136832 ||