World & Nation
The federal government plans to build two weather facilities in Southern California and another in Arizona to house a sophisticated new radar system that will enable forecasters to predict the weather with greater precision, officials told The Times.
Feb. 15, 1987
Business
Loral Corp. Forms Weather Radar Venture: The Great Neck, N.Y.
Aug. 31, 1995
California
A Ventura County Superior Court judge on Thursday granted a restraining order that prohibits the federal government from gaining access to the Ojai Valley hilltop where it is installing a $2-million radar system.
Dec. 24, 1993
Weathermen are making bright forecasts for a new radar that can peer into the very heart of violent storms.
March 8, 1992
The nation’s new high-tech weather radar system has passed its first test and is now headed for a detailed evaluation, the National Weather Service announced.
Sept. 18, 1989
By using this physical law (the Doppler effect) the new radar will be able to detect wind motion, tornadoes, and warm and cold fronts as they form, far earlier than present systems can.
Feb. 17, 1987
A report that foes of a radar site had hoped would back calls for it to be moved praises facility.
Oct. 15, 2004
For the first time meteorologists will be able to see the formation of tornadoes before they reach the ground, pinpoint the landing site of hurricanes and measure the flow of wind in clear air, developers of the nation’s new weather radar system said.
June 2, 1988
Meteorology: System in the Cleveland National Forest is expected to be fully operational by early 1997.
Feb. 24, 1996
A team of National Weather Service meteorologists this morning will begin watching the weather from a windowless office in an Oxnard industrial park.
Oct. 8, 1993