Why are the rain clouds shaped in this way?(feddit.org)

The DWD network is surely more reliable than this, and it’s nice high pressure, so it’s rain-free and plenty of updrafts, so it’s perfect conditions for insects!! They cause enormous signals, no idea why I didn’t think of it first.

(Seen recently in the news in the UK here )

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Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.orgOP

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5 months ago

I haven’t heard about it, but it’s the most reasonable explanation. The radars have been influenced by the swarms of insects, but only by those which were near to the radar-locations as it’s described on the screenshot below.

The website is really old: https://www.radartutorial.eu/15.weather/wr22.en.html

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Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.orgOP

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5 months ago

Damn, I thought insects was some English meterological term for special clouds, but really? Insects? Thats kind of amazing!

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wren@feddit.uk

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5 months ago

Yeah, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier!

One of my colleagues is doing radar bug-signal research. Supposedly, bugs show up as pretty bright signals on radar (similar size to raindrops!), and if you use doppler, you can pick up how fast the wind speed is by assuming the bugs are being transported by the wind

Also: lots of other fun things (bats, trains, smoke) show up on radar

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Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.orgOP

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5 months ago

Sateliete from that point in time doesn’t show the clouds either.

https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=50.668,10.116,6z/date=2024-07-19,13:15,+2

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