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Areas of Extreme Heat and Fire Weather in the Pacific Northwest; Heavy Rain in the West and South-central US

Extreme heat will continue across the Pacific Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, dry, gusty conditions, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Southwest, the Sierras, and the central/southern Plains. A series of storms will bring heavy rain and strong winds to southern Alaska. Read More >

February 2, 1998 Doppler Radar Images

Doppler Radar Dade/Broward area

The above radar reflectivity image was taken from the Miami (KAMX) Doppler radarpar at 8:24 pm February 2, 1998 and shows the very strong intensity of the echo pattern overpar the Dade/Broward Metro area. A large well-defined Bow echo of >50 DBZ intensity,par and several embedded areas of >55 DBZ near Opa Locka (OPF), south and west ofpar North Perry Airport (HWO) along the Dade/Broward line in the Pembroke Pines/Miramar area.par The strongest intensity of 63 DBZ is located northwest of North Perry in the Davie/Cooperpar City area of Broward county.

 

The image below is an enlarged view of the above picture highlighting regions of the metropolitan area.

  Doppler radar Dade/Broward area