KRAX radar

The KRAX radar is a NEXRAD Doppler weather radar station located in Clayton, North Carolina. The radar site covers the central North Carolina Area (Raleigh[1]- Durham[2]- Chapel Hill[3]) area. The radar is maintained by[4] NWS Raleigh NC. The radar has a coverage range of 180 miles.[5]

The following upgrades have been performed on the radar site:

    • SLEP Upgrade - Service life Extension Program [6][7]
    • Dual Pol Upgrade - Dual Polarization [8]
    • MESO-SAILS Upgrade [9]
    • Transmitter Chassis Refurb (Estimated Upgrade to KRAX Is November 26 2018) [10]
    • M.R.L.E. Rescan Upgrade (Estimated Upgrade to KRAX Is May 20 2018) [11]
    • Build 18.0 Upgrade

References

  1. ↑ "raleighnc.gov". www.raleighnc.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Durham, NC | Official Website". durhamnc.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ↑ "Chapel Hill, NC - Chapel Hill, North Carolina Map & Directions - MapQuest". www.mapquest.com. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ↑ Service, US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather. "Raleigh/Durham, NC". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  5. ↑ "NWS radar image from Raleigh/Durham, NC". radar.weather.gov. NWS Forecast Office Raleigh/Durham, NC. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  6. ↑ "Service Life Extension Program (SLEP)". www.roc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  7. ↑ Service, US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather. "Upgrade Complete, NWS Raleigh WSR-88D Radar Has Returned to Service". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  8. ↑ "KRAX down for Dual Pol upgrade". American Weather. Retrieved 2017-12-05. MESO-SAILS Upgrade
  9. ↑ "Change in NWS Doppler Radar Scanning Strategy Will Provide Much Needed Data and Should Lead to Improved Warnings". CIMMSE. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  10. ↑ doh, sjc (April 18, 2018). "Radar Operations Center Schedule" (PDF). https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/PublicDocs/SLEP/TransmitterChassisRefurb-PlanningSched.pdf. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ doh, sjc (April 18, 2018). "mrle upgrade". http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/scn18-30wsr-88d_mrle_test.htm. External link in |website= (help)
  1. ↑ "NOAA/NWS Level II Radar Information". radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
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