mrbagyo wrote:1900hurricane wrote:I realize this is a pipe dream since there is a struggle to keep the one NEXRAD on Guam operating normally sometimes (what a debacle with Yutu that was last year), but I really wish there could be a second NEXRAD on Saipan. That would really extend Mariana radar coverage.
I second that statement. Btw, what's the max range of this kind of radar. Some of radars used by CMA can cover 460 kms
About the same. Normal 0.50º base reflectivity extends out to 124 nm (230 km) with very good quality (although obviously better closer to the radar site), but returns are possible beyond that with taller storms (since the beam starts to get pretty high) up to 248 nm (460 km). Okinawa also has a NEXRAD and South Korea has two of them as well.