Category: StormView

StormView Radar to be unavailable December 1-15 due to radar upgrade

November 30, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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dual polarization, nexrad radar, StormView

Beginning Thursday morning, December 1, MemphisWeather.net’s StormView Radar will be unavailable for two weeks. It is expected to return to service on December 15. Alternate radar links will be provided on the StormView Radar webpages, as well as on our mobile site (m.memphisweather.net). On the MWN Android and iPhone apps, radar data will NOT be…
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What caused rapid storm intensification over Memphis on the evening of May 16, 2010?

May 17, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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radar, StormView, thunderstorms

On the evening of May 16, 2010, a mesoscale convective system (MCS) moved into the Mid-South from the west. The quasi-linear complex of thunderstorms, followed by an area of rain, reached the metro area around 7pm. As it approached, the strongest storms were a bowing segment of thunderstorms south of the city over northwest Mississippi…
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Recap of Wednesday AM storms (5/6/09)

May 6, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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forecast, severe thunderstorms, storm reports, StormView

Storm aftermath The image above from MWN StormView Radar was snapped during the height of the storms overnight last night (early Wednesday, 3:14am). The northern end of a line of storms associated with a mesoscale convective complex (MCS) grazed southern Shelby County between 2:30-3:30am. About 30-40 miles south of the MS-TN line, the NWS was…
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Freezing precip just north of Memphis

March 12, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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StormView, winter weather

A look at MWN StormView Radar at 6:30am shows freezing rain just north of Memphis, though parts of Tipton County, while sleet and some snow is farther north, roughly north of a line from Paris to Dyersburg to Harrisburg, AR. Temps have pretty well leveled out and are only very slowly falling. It’s 32.9 degrees…
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Power outage affecting MWN

February 11, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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outage, StormView, wxlive

WXLIVE! data and MWN StormView radar is currently out of service due to a power outage. We apologize for the inconvenience. There is no estimated return to service at this time. See above for a snapshot of the outage summary for Memphis as of 2:50pm or the link to the right which provides the current…
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6:30am – Narrow squall line crossing the river

February 11, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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radar, StormView, wind

At 6:30am, MWN StormView Radar (shown above) is depicting a fast-moving but narrow squall line crossing the river into downtown Memphis and Shelby Forest and also approaching the airport in south Memphis. This line will move across the metro area over the next hour, bringing brief torrential rain and wind gusts as high as 40-50…
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First bit of freezing rain falls on metro Memphis

December 15, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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freezing rain, StormView

As depicted in the image from MWN StormView Radar in winter mode on the metro view at 8:09pm, freezing rain was falling in Shelby County thanks to a passing shower. It passed right over the WXLIVE! sensors in Bartlett, where it immediately froze due to a surface temperature of 29F. StormView nailed the precip type…
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Today’s balmy weather to end this evening

December 3, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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forecast, rain, StormView

Taking a look at StormView radar at 4:00pm, isolated light showers are beginning to pop up in northeast AR ahead of a strong winter cold front. Along the front, stretching from north-central to west-central AR, Little Rock NEXRAD is detecting a narrow band of rain, with some embedded heavy downpours. These showers will increase in…
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StormView Radar detects first snow flurries!

December 1, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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snow, StormView

Looks like the snow flurries missed most of Memphis proper as temps hung out near 36-37, but according to StormView radar, light snow flurries were falling at 6:20 this morning across a decent portion of West TN and extreme northeast MS. The airport in Jackson, TN was reporting snow flurries and 34 degrees at the…
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MWN StormView Radar is now live!

November 15, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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radar, StormView

StormView Radar has two “flavors” – a regional view and a metro Memphis view. Fully-interactive and driven by the latest Flash technology, you’ll find it easy to use and packed with features! Make sure you visit MemphisWeather.net and select StormView from the Radar menu. Its first images (one of which is shown above) are of…
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T-minus 1 day and counting…

November 14, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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radar, StormView

COMING TOMORROW — SATURDAY NOV. 15!! Just another reason MWN is “all the weather you need for Memphis and the Mid-South…”
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It’s coming… MWN StormView Radar

November 11, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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radar, StormView

It’s right around the corner! Coming in a matter of days… The next big addition to MWN will be a Flash-based interactive radar – where YOU have control over what you see. Zoom in to your area, add storm tracks and severe weather warnings, overlay radar-based severe weather indicators, see how much rain has fallen…
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Another upgrade to MWN!

October 29, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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radar, StormView

Coming soon to MemphisWeather.net…MWN StormView Interactive RadarThe next big addition to MWN will be interactive radar – where YOU have control over what you see. Zoom in to your area, add storm tracks and severe weather warnings, overlay radar-based severe weather indicators, see how much rain has fallen across the area, even see where winter…
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