WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — You may have noticed activity showing up on radar before, then looked outside and saw nothing but sunshine. This is common, especially at a doppler radar site. This is known as ...

Radar ground clutter refers to false echoes on weather radar caused by the radar beam bouncing off objects like buildings or terrain, rather than actual precipitation. Ground clutter may sound more ...

When one thinks of clutter, the tendency is to think of excessive materials that need to be discarded. Clutter is typically thought of as “junk” that is taking up space or creating an environment that ...

Ground clutter may sound more like my son’s messy room than a weather word, but it can be just as frustrating. Not everything that shows up on weather radar is actually weather. Sometimes, what looks ...