Mike Johnston
EF5
This is more of a question/observation.
I have noticed this evening that a distinct seabreeze boundary is very well documented out of the KCLX (Charleston, SC) radar at the lowest tilt. Even though the boundary is approximately halfway to KCAE (Columbia, SC) radar site, it isn't picked up at all on the KCAE radar.
Question: is there something inherent in radar technology that would pick up "upstream" boundaries like this but less likely to pick up "downstream" boundaries? I'm not at all an expert in radar interpretation, but there must be some explanation as to why such an obvious boundary would be detected quite clearly by one site, but not at all by another, even though the boundary is equidistant between the two points.
TIA for any insight.
I have noticed this evening that a distinct seabreeze boundary is very well documented out of the KCLX (Charleston, SC) radar at the lowest tilt. Even though the boundary is approximately halfway to KCAE (Columbia, SC) radar site, it isn't picked up at all on the KCAE radar.
Question: is there something inherent in radar technology that would pick up "upstream" boundaries like this but less likely to pick up "downstream" boundaries? I'm not at all an expert in radar interpretation, but there must be some explanation as to why such an obvious boundary would be detected quite clearly by one site, but not at all by another, even though the boundary is equidistant between the two points.
TIA for any insight.