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Radar Painting
New
Paint for the Radar
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During
the middle of September 2001, the weather radar at NWS Spokane got a
new paint job. The pictures below show the daring feats that the painters
undertook in order to complete the job.
The
actual radar dish is inside this large white ball (known as a radome).
The radome is designed to protect the radar from the weather elements.
As you can see from the pictures, it looks a bit like a soccer ball.
When it was initially assembled back in February 1996, the radome was
shipped in the pieces you can see, and then assembled on the ground
before a crane lifted it into place.
The
radome has a hatch door at the very top. This allows the maintainence
crews to climb onto the top of the radome, and then hang from support
ropes while painting.
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