The NEXRAD data is a public dataset hosted on amazon.
Dataset Information:
- Stands for Next Generation Weather Radar
- Network of 160 high-resolution Doppler radar sites that detects precipitation and atmospheric movement
- Historical archives from June 1991 to present
- Real-time streaming (5 minute intervals from each site)
- Both streams are available on aws S3 buckets
- Enables Storm Prediction
- Study of weather's impact on various sectors
Notebooks rendered on nbviewer (recommended for animated plots):