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Can someone explain this?

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:39 am
by chris_fit
I hope..

Current radar 11:40am Melbourne FL...

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid= ... 1&loop=yes


Shows showers moving very fast, east to west.... AND..... west to east....

I have never seen anything like it? Why and how?

Re: Can someone explain this?

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:45 am
by Ed Mahmoud
chris_fit wrote:I hope..

Current radar 11:40am Melbourne FL...

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid= ... 1&loop=yes


Shows showers moving very fast, east to west.... AND..... west to east....

I have never seen anything like it? Why and how?



Looks like low topped showers in the low level Easterlies, and light rain falling from a mid or upper cloud deck. The light rain may or may not be virga.


This satellite loop lets you see it.