Accuweather Minneapolis Radar (2024)

FAQs

How accurate is AccuWeather radar? ›

This comprehensive test analyzed over 25 million weather forecasts in more than 1,000 locations globally, and AccuWeather was the clear winner in high- and low-temperature forecasts, proving to have the lowest average absolute error and the greatest percentage of forecast accuracy within 3 degrees F.

Warm colors (red) / positive values indicate wind moving away from the radar (along a radial). Cool colors (green) / negative values indicate wind moving toward the radar. Purple indicates “range folding”— where the radar cannot determine the radial velocity. Velocity image of a large-scale weather system.

Weather surveillance radars such as the WSR-88D can detect most precipitation within approximately 80 nautical miles (nm) of the radar, and intense rain or snow within approximately 140 nm. However, light rain, light snow, or drizzle from shallow cloud weather systems are not necessarily detected.

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The Weather Channel and AccuWeather consistently rank at or near the top of the app charts for weather. Other weather apps include WeatherBug, Weather Underground, Fox Weather, Windy.com and Carrot Weather. There's also Apple Weather, the built-in iPhone weather app.

For AccuWeather, 71.83% of high temperature forecasts were within 3°F. The Weather Channel and Weather Underground were close behind at 71.35% and 71.23%, respectively. Dark Sky had only 60.70% of forecasts fall within the 3°F range.

Black dots represent divergence centers. Arrow length is proportional to wind speed. Negative (positive) Doppler velocities represent flow toward (away from) the radar. ( larger image)

The Short Answer:

A seven-day forecast can accurately predict the weather about 80 percent of the time and a five-day forecast can accurately predict the weather approximately 90 percent of the time. However, a 10-day—or longer—forecast is only right about half the time.

Purples and blues indicate the strongest winds, while dark greens are lighter winds. The greyish shades in the middle of the spectrum indicate very light winds or none at all. Then the right side indicates echoes moving away from the radar.

Why is the rain not showing up on the radar? ›

Rain Intensity and Droplet Size: Light rainfall or drizzle consists of tiny water droplets. These droplets might be too small for the radar to detect effectively. Since low-level moisture can lead to the formation of such fine droplets, the rain might be falling right under our noses but stay invisible to the radar.

Well most radars have an invisible beam that circles around at different heights and angles in the sky. This tells us if things are falling out of the sky. At times, the beam coming out of the radar (depending on where the radar is) can miss low altitude clouds, fog, and depending on its location.

The Weather Company, an IBM Business

The world's most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 400 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

ForecastWatch is the only globally recognized measure of forecast accuracy. Of all commercial weather providers, The Weather Company is the most open about what goes into our forecast, how we create it, and how that is measured.

AccuWeather outperformed ALL other weather services by providing most advance and most accurate forecasts for a major mid-Atlantic snowstorm on January 19, 2024.

The value of AccuWeather's Snow Warning Service™

Independent studies show that AccuWeather's forecasts are significantly more accurate and more valuable than all other sources.