![]() In 2005, we tracked the eye of Katrina across South Florida and into the Gulf on its way to New Orleans. Pinpoint Doppler 9000 was a trusted tool for the rest of the season with Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. We found out the next day that Charley was still doing “tornado-like” damage over Polk County and into Orlando before midnight. Since the NWS Radar in Ruskin was down that morning as Charley approached (it was quickly repaired before landfall) we were glad we owned our own radar.Īs Charley moved into Eastern Polk County that evening, Meteorologist Josh Linker was on the air showing very high winds as the eye moved toward Orlando. Using our radar’s display of the perfect eye, I simply put a circle around the eye every 30 minutes and could clearly show viewers how the eye was edging closer to the Southwest coast of Florida and would run into the coast later and hit well south of us. Hurricane Charley on Pinpoint Doppler 9000, August 13, 2004. ![]() I knew there was trouble that morning when I could see the whole eye of Charley at 300 miles away, the maximum radar range.Ĭharley was quickly becoming a major hurricane. In August, we picked up the eye of strengthening Hurricane Charley at 300 miles range. Pinpoint Doppler 9000 became a trusted tool for tracking weather during the active hurricane season of 2004. Later, the National Hurricane Center said it may have indeed been a hurricane at landfall. I was able to use new radar techniques to say on the air that this tropical storm was as close to being a hurricane as you can get. Just a month later, rapidly strengthening Tropical Storm Gabriel hit Manatee and Southern Pinellas Counties hard. It didn't take long before the radar was put to the test. The radar began operation in a couple of weeks. The crews had to work through the mix of our summer heat and daily storms. We took delivery of a new Baron VHDD-350C (Very High Definition Doppler – 350,000 watts – C-Band) radar in a hot July of 2001. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding. We knew we simply must have a good, LIVE, weather radar especially in Florida. This is the wind, wave and weather report for Middle Tampa Bay in Florida, United States of America. Pinpoint Doppler 9000 being placed on the radar tower in July 2001, notice the tower climbers ready to put in the bolts which are in buckets hanging from the base of the platform.Īn engineering firm was hired to look at our plan and they quickly reported the tower could hold the radar with no problem.
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