Forecasters are going in depth on the design of the PAR and CASA network.  There have been several questions, especially from Mike and Les, as to where we stand during 2009, with respect to the cycle of Research and Development.  The answer seems to be that both technologies have a strong footing with funding out for the next several years, and both have developed some intriguing datasets, but both are perhaps a decade or more from any eventual implementation in an operational network.  Below, Brenda Phillips of the University of Massachusetts discusses the CASA radars with our forecasters:

Patrick Burke (EWP Weekly Coordinator, 18-22 May 2009)