Weather radar

A new and improved weather radar station is now scanning the sky from Baldy Hughes. It takes over from one that had been in place since 2003 and features ...

"This is especially important for storms that present a high flooding risk, as more rain in a following storm cell can be missed if the radar is not able to see through the first cell." "The Prince George radar replacement project occurred at a challenging mountaintop location," Bayard said. "As well, the footprint of available land on Mount Baldy Hughes is small which meant that the old radar had to be removed before the new one could be built. It has [three projects left in its job jar](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/radar-overview/modernizing-network.html?utm_source=prince%20george%20citizen&utm_campaign=prince%20george%20citizen%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) and aims to have the last of them up and running by the end of March 2024. "This will also be key in aviation forecasts of icing," Bayard said. It will allow meteorologists to distinguish between heavy rain, hail, and snow and better detect non-weather phenomena such as birds, bugs, and even tornado debris.