A NEXRAD WSR-88D weather radar in Florida, the United States, operated by National Weather Service, NOAA.
- Station
- Miami (KAMX)
- Operator
- National Weather Service, NOAA
- Network
- NEXRAD WSR-88D
- Antenna
- 25.611° N, 80.413° W, 14 ft (4 m) above sea level
- Products
- Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity, correlation coefficient, differential reflectivity, specific differential phase (KDP), spectrum width
KAMX is the NEXRAD WSR-88D weather radar for Miami, Florida. It stands in Miami-Dade County at a site the NWS describes as near the Miami Metro Zoo, about 28 km southwest of the city centre. The National Weather Service operates it. The responsible office is NWS Miami, which shares a building with the National Hurricane Center on the Florida International University campus and serves South Florida and the adjacent waters.
The radar has a hurricane in its history. Miami's WSR-57 radar sat on the roof of the forecast office in Coral Gables and was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. That brought the WSR-88D forward: it was installed in April 1993 near the zoo and commissioned on April 20, 1995. NCEI's archive of KAMX data begins in September 1993.
Radar shows rain, snow and hail, not cloud, and nothing below its lowest beam; far from the antenna the beam passes high above the ground.