"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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It isn't a case of "better" or "worse", this is a problem that needs
to be reported to Avbrief so they can get it fixed!

The two radar images were essentially identical at 21:30, except that:

1) as usual, avbrief is showing patches of lighter rain than the Met
Office radar - especially in the English Midlands

2) the avbrief image seems to be cut off on the English side of the
Dover Straits instead of going across to the French coast.

I haven't got access to the Avbrief data so am not sure exactly what the
problem is, or if there genuinely is one as the above appears consistent
with my previous understanding of how the two data feeds differ. AFAIK the
Avbrief data comes straight from Nimrod/Radarnet, whereas the data on the
MetO site goes through a different route and is processed differently (1).
This data includes the composite data from the continental radars, whereas
the Avbrief data doesn't, hence the cut off you mention (2).

It will be interesting to see if anything changes in March when RadarnetIV
becomes operational, at least provisionally.

Jon.