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August 13, 2008

Weather Geeks: Doppler Radar Detects Speeders

For weather geeks among my readership only: It turns out that under the right atmospheric conditions Doppler weather radar can detect cars, and even tell how fast they're going. Very cool.

Check the following figures from north central Illinois via the National Weather Service. Note that the green/red dots on I-57 imply cars moving at a spiffy 130 mi/h. Damn Illinois drivers.

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