National Weather Service radar goes fuzzy. The likely culprit? Cicadas.

 No matter how hard we try, we can’t get cicadas off our radar. And, for the National Weather Service, it may be a literal problem.

The NWS Baltimore-Washington account tweeted Saturday that if anyone has noticed fuzziness on their radar recently, there’s a culprit that fits the bill – cicadas. 

“You may have noticed a lot of fuzziness (low reflectivity values) on our radar recently. The Hydrometeor Classification algorithm shows much of it to be Biological in nature. Our guess? It’s probably the #cicadas,” NWS Baltimore-Washington tweeted.

You may have noticed a lot of fuzziness (low reflectivity values) on our radar recently. The Hydrometeor Classification algorithm shows much of it to be Biological in nature. Our guess? It’s probably the #cicadas. pic.twitter.com/i990mEBJnl

The new group of cicadas, Brood X, have begun emerging in the District of Columbia and at least parts of these 15 states: Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

The critters are known to make loud noises and don’t sting or bite. They are edible, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned those with a shrimp allergy should not eat them. 

Cicadas are expected to die off in late June into July, and will be off the radar until 2038.

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