Tropical Storm Gabrielle likely to become hurricane
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Hurricane Gabrielle, the seventh 2025 Atlantic storm, reached Category 1 strength near Bermuda with 75 mph winds. Forecasters warn of rapid strengthening, dangerous surf, and rip currents.
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If there are multiple things out there, say more raindrops, more beams will bounce back. What radar can do is measure the time it takes between emitting that pulse and the pulse coming back. With enough bounces back, that creates the shapes you see on weather radar maps.