Radars uniformly set on high sensitivity. You're looking at the noise floor within [x] miles of the radar. The sudden smaller size of a couple was a manual dbm adjustment. They seem more common these days, I think because when you saw sharp cutoffs it was usually a threshold cutoff setting some human had to twiddle and humans don't bother anymore. This stuff drives some Boomers crazy and sets them to babbling about HAARP, especially the pacman shapes that represent a metallic obstruction near the center of the radar.
What is going on with US weather radar today?
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Re: What is going on with US weather radar today?
#12Looks normal to me, for a poorly filtered NEXRAD mosaic anyway. What's the issue?
Commenter is either:
(a) early in their radar-watching journey, and starting to notice the finer details in radar products, or;
(b) looking to stir unfounded panic by exaggerating a pattern that’s filtered out or not noticed by others, in light of current events.
Unlike the NEXRAD images in question, the noise floor on the Internet this is quite high and hard to differentiate between the two.
Re: What is going on with US weather radar today?
#13Looks normal to me, for a poorly filtered NEXRAD mosaic anyway. What's the issue?
Commenter is either: (a) early in their radar-watching journey, and starting to notice the finer details in radar products, or; (b) looking to stir unfounded panic by exaggerating a pattern that’s filtered out or not noticed by others, in light of current events. Unlike the NEXRAD images in question, the noise floor on the Internet this is quite high and hard to differentiate between the two.
Or they had a good faith question about an unfamiliar phenomenon.
I wouldn’t say I was on a radar watching journey nor did I exaggerate any details.
Re: What is going on with US weather radar today?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Commenter is either: (a) early in their radar-watching journey, and starting to notice the finer details in radar products, or; (b) looking to stir unfounded panic by exaggerating a pattern that’s filtered out or not noticed by others, in light of current events. Unlike the NEXRAD images in question, the noise floor on the Internet this is quite high and hard to differentiate between the two.
Or they had a good faith question about an unfamiliar phenomenon. I wouldn’t say I was on a radar watching journey nor did I exaggerate any details.
I have an idea. If you have a question, just ask a question. Otherwise we have to guess at what your question is.
Re: What is going on with US weather radar today?
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Commenter is either: (a) early in their radar-watching journey, and starting to notice the finer details in radar products, or; (b) looking to stir unfounded panic by exaggerating a pattern that’s filtered out or not noticed by others, in light of current events. Unlike the NEXRAD images in question, the noise floor on the Internet this is quite high and hard to differentiate between the two.
Or they had a good faith question about an unfamiliar phenomenon. I wouldn’t say I was on a radar watching journey nor did I exaggerate any details.
I assumed good faith, I just don't know what part of the image you're referring to. Feel free to tell us :)
Re: What is going on with US weather radar today?
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Commenter is either: (a) early in their radar-watching journey, and starting to notice the finer details in radar products, or; (b) looking to stir unfounded panic by exaggerating a pattern that’s filtered out or not noticed by others, in light of current events. Unlike the NEXRAD images in question, the noise floor on the Internet this is quite high and hard to differentiate between the two.
Or they had a good faith question about an unfamiliar phenomenon. I wouldn’t say I was on a radar watching journey nor did I exaggerate any details.
That’s a fair point.
The line between concern (GUYS WEATHER RADAR IS SHOWING END TIMES) and curiosity (check out this neat radar image I saw) can be pretty thin in technical spaces.
Creative minds in the community are very good at filling in the blanks, no matter the accuracy.