Clear air mode serves a few useful purposes. It is often used when no significant precipitation echoes are on radar, when light precipitation is on radar, or when the detection of subtle boundaries in the troposphere is desired. During clear air mode, the radar antenna ROTATES MORE SLOWLY. Th...
0000 UTC 19 May 2017, (a) "paintball plot" showing areas with simulated composite reflectivity [greater than or equal to] 40 dBZ for each ensemble member overlaid with observed composite reflectivity [greater than or equal to] 40 dBZ from Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system (Smith et ...