Weather Radar & Interactive Weather Map
See live weather conditions, radar, and severe weather alerts for your location, updated in real time from NOAA and the National Weather Service.
NWS Storm Tracker
Interactive map with live data layers
Radar: NOAA base reflectivity, updated roughly every 5–10 minutes. Warnings: NOAA/NWS active alerts, updated continuously. Additional layers (satellite, precipitation, clouds, temperature, wind, lightning) are not shown here because this site does not currently have a verified, live source for them — rather than fake a toggle, we've left them out.
Full current conditions & forecast
For hourly and 7-day forecasts, humidity, wind, and official alerts for a specific city, search it on the map above, then visit that location's own real conditions page.
Browse Earth Weather by location →Active severe weather
Warnings shown directly on the radar map above come straight from NOAA/NWS. For a full list of every active watch, warning, and advisory nationwide, see the alerts page.
See all active NWS alerts →How Weather Radar Works
Weather radar works by sending out pulses of microwave energy and measuring what bounces back. NOAA's network of NEXRAD (Next-Generation Radar) stations sweeps the sky in a circle, and any precipitation in the beam's path reflects some of that energy back to the antenna. The strength of that returned signal tells the radar how heavy the precipitation is, while the shape of the returned signal over time reveals how it's moving. That's why radar can show rain, snow, and thunderstorms updating in near-real time, even hundreds of miles from the nearest radar station.
What the Colors on Radar Mean
Radar imagery is color-coded by reflectivity — a measure of how much energy bounced back, which correlates with precipitation intensity. Light green and blue typically represent light rain or drizzle. Yellow and orange indicate moderate to heavy rain. Red signals very heavy rain or an intensifying thunderstorm. Purple and pink can indicate extremely heavy precipitation, hail, or — especially in an isolated, compact area — a mix that includes mixed precipitation types. The exact color scale can vary slightly between radar products, so it's worth checking the legend on whichever radar view you're using.
Weather Radar vs. Weather Satellite
Radar and satellite imagery answer different questions. Radar, based on ground stations bouncing signals off precipitation, is the better tool for seeing exactly where rain or snow is falling right now and how intensely. Weather satellites, orbiting far above the atmosphere, instead capture cloud cover, cloud-top temperatures, and large-scale storm structure — useful for tracking a hurricane's overall shape or watching clouds develop before they produce any precipitation radar would detect at all. Meteorologists routinely use both together: satellite for the big picture, radar for the ground-level detail.
Reading Radar for Your Location
To check radar for your own location, search your city or ZIP code on the map above, or use the "Use My Location" button to let your browser center the map on you directly (you'll get a normal browser permission prompt first). From there, you can pan and zoom freely to see exactly what's approaching, and how it's likely to develop over roughly the next hour based on its current motion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find weather radar for my location?
Use the interactive map above — pan, zoom, or search to see radar for my location anywhere in the U.S. This is the same live NEXRAD weather tracker radar also used on our Storm Tracker.
Does this show a local doppler radar?
Yes — the map blends every local doppler radar station into one seamless national mosaic, so local weather weather radar detail is available wherever you search, not just near major cities.
Can I see weather radar 24 hours a day?
Yes — this radar weather radar map runs continuously, refreshing every 5–10 minutes around the clock, so it's available for weather radar 24 hours a day.
Is there a weather satellite view too?
This page focuses on ground-based radar rather than a satellite weather satellite feed, since this site doesn't currently have a verified live satellite-imagery source — see the note above the map for exactly which layers are real right now.