PRIMUSr 880 Digital Weather Radar System
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Familiar Hailstorm Patterns
Figure 5- 37
The more that is learned about radar, the more the pilot is an all- important part of the system. The proper use of controls is essential to gathering all pertinent weather data. The proper interpretation of that data (the displayed patterns) is equally important to safety and comfort.
This point is illustrated again in figure 5- 38. When flying at higher altitudes, a storm detected on the long- range setting can disappear from the display as it is approached. The pilot should not be fooled into believing the storm has dissipated as the aircraft approaches it. The possibility exists that the radiated energy is being directed from the aircraft antenna above the storm as the aircraft gets closer. If this is the case, the weather shows up again when the antenna is tilted downward as little as 1_. Assuming that a storm has dissipated during the approach can be quite dangerous; if this is not the case, the turbulence above a storm can be as severe as that inside it.
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