Southeast Weather Radar - Live Doppler Map

🌇️ Southeast Weather & Live Doppler Radar Guide

The Southeast has a humid subtropical climate: long, hot, humid summers and short, mild winters. Warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic meets daily sea-breeze circulations, producing some of the most frequent thunderstorms in the United States, especially across Florida and the Gulf Coast. From June through November the region is also the primary US landfall zone for Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms.

📡 NOAA NEXRAD Stations: KAMX, KTBW & KJAX (Miami, Tampa Bay & Jacksonville)

Our interactive Southeast radar connects directly to NOAA Level-III NEXRAD stations across the region, including KAMX (Miami / South Florida), KTBW (Tampa Bay) and KJAX (Jacksonville). These dual-polarization S-band Doppler radars detect horizontal and vertical hydrometeor dimensions, allowing meteorologists and residents to distinguish between light rain, hail cores, sleet, snow, and tornadic debris signatures.

🎨 How to Read Doppler Reflectivity (dBZ Scale)

Radar reflectivity measures precipitation density in decibels of Z (dBZ). Use this color reference when monitoring approaching storms on the Southeast radar:

⚠️ Seasonal Severe Storm Threats in Southeast

The Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) is the defining threat for the Southeast: storm surge, destructive winds and inland flooding from landfalling tropical systems. Outside hurricane season, Doppler radar tracks daily summer thunderstorms, slow-moving tropical downpours that cause urban street flooding, and tornadoes across the Deep South, including the tornado-prone corridor of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.