Rainfall intensity - BBC radar maps
 

What sort of rate do the various colours represent?
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Comparing it against the Nimrod output I would guess that the blues are 1
mm, the greens 1 to 2 mm, the yellows 2 to 4 mm the oranges 4 to 8 mm.

The nimrod output has a few single pixel 8 to 16 mm rates but these don't
seem to be reflected on the bbc images - or at least have been lost by
whatever smoothing software its run through. I'll try and work it out over
the next few frames if we get any significant areas of 8mm+ intensity.

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What sort of rate do the various colours represent?
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:19:54 +0000, Paul Hyett
wrote:

What sort of rate do the various colours represent?

The best place to look for this is the Met Office free radar he
http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...dar/index.html

which has a detailed key (with rainfall rates) he

http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...adar/tech.html

The heaviest rate shown on the 1445 AVbrief imagery recently is a
small patch 16mm/hour near the Isle of Wight (heading my way!!!)

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Dave
Fareham

Rainfall intensity - BBC radar maps
 

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 15:24:42, Dave Ludlow wrote :
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:19:54 +0000, Paul Hyett
wrote:

What sort of rate do the various colours represent?

The best place to look for this is the Met Office free radar he
http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...dar/index.html

which has a detailed key (with rainfall rates) he

http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...adar/tech.html

Thanks - I'll check these out.
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Rainfall intensity - BBC radar maps
 

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 21:08:36, Paul Hyett wrote :

What sort of rate do the various colours represent?

The best place to look for this is the Met Office free radar he

which has a detailed key (with rainfall rates) he

http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...adar/tech.html

Thanks - I'll check these out.

Slight confusion - I always thought yellow colours meant heavier
rainfall than green?
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:21:31 +0000, Paul Hyett
wrote:

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 21:08:36, Paul Hyett wrote :

What sort of rate do the various colours represent?

The best place to look for this is the Met Office free radar he

which has a detailed key (with rainfall rates) he

http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...adar/tech.html

Thanks - I'll check these out.

Slight confusion - I always thought yellow colours meant heavier
rainfall than green?

Somewhat illogically, not on the Met Office 's site, it would seem.
Their colour sequence looks a bit too random for my liking and the
design team should have just a smidgeon of egg on their face :)

Avbrief is OK, their main five colours being Red Orange Yellow Green
Blue (heavy -- light) which is pretty close to my recollection of
the first five colours of the rainbow, in the correct order!

--
Dave

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Dave Ludlow wrote in message ...
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:21:31 +0000, Paul Hyett
wrote:

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 21:08:36, Paul Hyett wrote :

What sort of rate do the various colours represent?

The best place to look for this is the Met Office free radar he

which has a detailed key (with rainfall rates) he

http://www.meto.gov.uk/weather/europ...adar/tech.html

Thanks - I'll check these out.

Slight confusion - I always thought yellow colours meant heavier
rainfall than green?

Somewhat illogically, not on the Met Office 's site, it would seem.
Their colour sequence looks a bit too random for my liking and the
design team should have just a smidgeon of egg on their face :)

Avbrief is OK, their main five colours being Red Orange Yellow Green
Blue (heavy -- light) which is pretty close to my recollection of
the first five colours of the rainbow, in the correct order!

--
Dave

Sadly Dave, I too have always personally preferred the AVbrief site for it's
honesty and clarity. At least the MetO site is free though !

Will.
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