Wednesday, October 5, 2011  Dual-Pol Applications  Dual-pol
installations are now being pushed in full force across the
country. As of this post, eight radars are equipped with dual-
pol, including the prototype in Norman, OK; Vance, OK;
Pittsburgh, PA; Wichita, KS; Phoenix, AZ; Morehead City, NC;
Portland, OR; and Langley Hill, WA. Within the coming months and
years, many dual-pol installations are scheduled, and it is
expected that all radars will be upgraded by May 2013. To see
when the radar nearest to you will have dual-pol capabilities,
check out the deployment schedule. To learn basic information
about dual-pol, check out NWS Amarillo's page. For more thorough
dual-pol training for non-NWS users and/or non-meteorologists,
visit the Warning Decision Training Branch page. Without the
training or prior knowledge of dual-pol, it will be difficult to
understand this post.  Over the course of several blog posts,
I'll highlight applications that will show how dual-pol base
data can supplement and even enhance