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Never seen a radar like this before...
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 4:59 pm
by southerngale
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:20 pm
by ColdFront77
Kelly, I assume you know that you are the "bullseye" because the radar is right from KFDM-TV 6, right there in Beaumont.
I found this on this site.....
Doppler Weather Radar Overview.....
Birds and insects
8.11.2. The identification of insects can be difficult, except in extreme cases such as a locust swarm. However, bird flocks produce a strong signal for the radar. The echo will expand outward into a ring, as the birds fly out towards their feeding areas. At night the process may reverse as the birds return.
The KFDM-TV 6 Doppler Radar now says (at 4:20 am CST): "
Due to technical difficulties, the KFDM Doppler Radar is temporarily unavailable."
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:52 pm
by isobar
Looks like a mesoscale convective complex eyewall seagull signature. :angel:
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:25 pm
by wx247
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:26 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
That's the biggest eye I ever seen that's considered devoid of convection, hehehe. Hopefully we see some real returns in the next day or two with severe wx and torrential rains.
Jim
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:06 pm
by breeze
WXBUFFJIM wrote:That's the biggest eye I ever seen that's considered devoid of convection, hehehe. Hopefully we see some real returns in the next day or two with severe wx and torrential rains.
Jim
Either that, or, those birdies will fly back in!
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:44 am
by WXBUFFJIM
breeze wrote:WXBUFFJIM wrote:That's the biggest eye I ever seen that's considered devoid of convection, hehehe. Hopefully we see some real returns in the next day or two with severe wx and torrential rains.
Jim
Either that, or, those birdies will fly back in!
Speaking of which, I can't wait to see what a doppler would look like in clear air mode with tons of cicadas roaming around. This year is the year of the 17 year cicada or what some folks call the locust. I wonder if that could be radar detected in clear air mode. It may not be much difference, but heck just an observation.
Jim
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:23 pm
by breeze
Aw, heck, Jim - cicada time? I want to think that
we just went through that, not long ago!
(*old person with failing memory...)
Tell me it ain't so......! :o
