A frigid cold airmass will bring significantly colder weather across the eastern two thirds of the country early this week. Record low temperatures are expected in the Southeast by Tuesday morning. Moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes through Monday. Several inches of snow accumulation is expected, including in portions of the Chicago Metro Read More >
The National Weather Service is looking for feedback on a proposed new web page for radar displays. This page is available at:
https://preview-radar.weather.gov
NOTE: The existing radar pages (https://radar.weather.gov) remain operational; the preview page should not be used for operational feeds at this time.
The original version of our radar pages is many years old, and utilizes the Adobe Flash software. Adobe has announced the discontinuance of Flash at the end of the year, and most web browsers have been displaying periodic reminders that they will no support Flash. The new radar displays are built using HTML 5 and JavaScript, which are used by current browsers.
Highlights of the new display:
The customized display can be bookmarked for use. As such, there would be no specific web pages for each individual radar.
We have created a shortcut centered on northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. It is available here. The different radar products can be selected by clicking on the "BREF.RAW" menu at the top left.
If approved for replacement, the NWS will issue a Service Change Notice with information on when the replacement pages are made operational. There would also be a 75 day transition period where both systems run in parallel, while users transition to the new displays.
The NWS will evaluate all comments during this period and will determine any additional and immediate need for changes, based on public feedback. Please provide feedback through the NWS survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposedRidge2
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