The National Weather Service in Mobile identified this as "chaff." A countermeasure used by military aircraft. Military forces use chaff to confuse radar systems, and hide the identify of their ...

The Current Radar map shows areas of current precipitation (rain, mixed, or snow). The map can be animated to show the previous one hour of radar.

A Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR). Image credit: NOAA. The TDWR products are very similar to those available for the traditional WSR-88D NEXRAD sites. There is the standard radar ...