WindMills Fake out Doppler Radar
August 27th, 2009 at 8:52 pm by Doug Moats under Weather
- Bowling Green Wind Turbine
Back in November 2003, Ohio’s first commercial wind farm was dedicated in Wood County. The Wind Farm is located near the Wood County landfill, off State Route 6, west of Bowling Green.
At thier highest points, the tip of the blade on these windmills are taller than a 30-story building. Combined, the units have the capability of producing nearly 6.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. That would be enough to power approximately 785 homes.
Recently I was reading a forecasting journal and came across and interesting phenomenon affecting forecasters in Texas. According to the article, a
The massive spinning blades on the towers can appear on Doppler radar as a storm or tornado. The phenomenon has affected several National Weather Service radar sites in different parts of the country.
The problems started showing up about three years ago and seem to occur where a wind farm is built within about 11 miles of a radar site. Software can filter out things like buildings and mountains. But because of the moving nature of wind turbines, there’s no way to get rid of those radar spikes.
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