Thursday, April 7, 2011

The mysterious weather rings that are being picked up by radar - 5th Apr 2011


These circular cloud formations on weather radar images are in fact caused by freak weather conditions disrupting radar antennae.

The rings are only visible on radar screens and are caused when snow melts in the atmosphere and bounces back the radar signal.

That causes the white ring that stretches out to limit of the radar's range. The clear inside of the ring is dependent on the angle at which the radar aerial points at the sky. Read More


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