https://weatherwary.com/articles/Recent content in Articles on WeatherWaryHugoen-UShttps://weatherwary.com/articles/hondo-dual-pol-radar/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://weatherwary.com/articles/hondo-dual-pol-radar/<p>On April 28, 2021, a 6.4-inch hailstone fell near Hondo, Texas. At the time, it was the largest hailstone in Texas history. Let&rsquo;s take a peek at the storm that produced it.</p>https://weatherwary.com/articles/open-weather-radar-data/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://weatherwary.com/articles/open-weather-radar-data/<p>WeatherWall has long supported NEXRAD, the U.S. weather radar network. It was the natural choice because the data is available for free, in near real time, with a public domain (CC0) license. For years, NEXRAD was one of the best sources of freely available weather radar data. In the past few years, more radar data has become available around the world. Europe&rsquo;s new open data rules are helping bring radar data to everyone. Japan, Mexico, and Canada also share weather radar data, and Australia&rsquo;s Bureau of Meteorology offers radar data through free and paid services.</p>https://weatherwary.com/articles/terrain-radar-beam-blockage/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://weatherwary.com/articles/terrain-radar-beam-blockage/<p>On October 24, 2026, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for central Otero County, New Mexico. I looked at the storm in WeatherWall using the Holloman Air Force Base radar (KHDX). The red outline shows the tornado warning, but the radar shows very little inside it.</p>