
The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. is the official website for KREM-TV, Channel 2, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Weather forecast and conditions for Spokane, Washington and surrounding areas. Seattle, WA Weather Radar AccuWeather Today Hourly Daily Radar MinuteCast Monthly Air Quality Health & Activities Seattle Weather Radar Now Rain Snow Ice Mix United States Weather. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The family later realized their dog, Rue Bear, was also missing. His family, the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Search and Rescue began combing the area. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". On Tuesday night, 5-year-old Salix Heisinger walked off his family's Washington County property and into the woods. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The coverage of the Pacific Northwest by weather radar is by no means uniform. Our loop shows the signals recorded by several radars in the northwest over the last several hours. This view combines radar station products into a single layer called a mosaic and storm based alerts. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. High values of dbz (color scale to the right of the image) indicate large drops and heavy precipitation. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Since hail can cause the rainfall estimates to be higher than what is actually occurring, steps are taken to prevent these high dBZ values from being converted to rainfall.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. View LIVE satellite images, rain radar, forecast maps of wind, temperature for your location. Hail is a good reflector of energy and will return very high dBZ values. These values are estimates of the rainfall per hour, updated each volume scan, with rainfall accumulated over time.

Depending on the type of weather occurring and the area of the U.S., forecasters use a set of rainrates which are associated to the dBZ values. The higher the dBZ, the stronger the rainrate. Typically, light rain is occurring when the dBZ value reaches 20. The scale of dBZ values is also related to the intensity of rainfall. The value of the dBZ depends upon the mode the radar is in at the time the image was created. Notice the color on each scale remains the same in both operational modes, only the values change. From snow, to storms, to sunsets, show us your photos and video. The other scale (near left) represents dBZ values when the radar is in precipitation mode (dBZ values from 5 to 75). One scale (far left) represents dBZ values when the radar is in clear air mode (dBZ values from -28 to +28).


Each reflectivity image you see includes one of two color scales. The dBZ values increase as the strength of the signal returned to the radar increases. So, a more convenient number for calculations and comparison, a decibel (or logarithmic) scale (dBZ), is used. Reflectivity (designated by the letter Z) covers a wide range of signals (from very weak to very strong).

"Reflectivity" is the amount of transmitted power returned to the radar receiver. The colors are the different echo intensities (reflectivity) measured in dBZ (decibels of Z) during each elevation scan.
