Radar accuracy...
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I've noticed for awhile that radar is more optimistic than realistic at my location (USA zip 34653). Today it showed a couple cells come together slightly to my west and move eastward over me, as orange with a 1 in/hr estimate, yet no rain. Two radar frame updates showed this. Ambient Weather is showing there is light rain (not 1"/hr) about a mile to my East, but I didn't check other sources today (I have also noted differences to MyRadar in the past). I don't see any settings that affect the RADAR display smoothing (clouds yes, but radar no), but to me it seems there is a problem, either 1) location misalignment, 2) display smoothing having unexpected consequences, or 3) some behind the scenes decision about sensitivity or intensity.
Checking other posts I see one from 3 years ago with the opposite problem... no rain is shown when it is occurring, but not my issue of showing rain when there is none. Is there anything I can do on my side to improve the situation? Please try to fix this as I like all the other features, but something as simple as radar display needs to be reliable.
Premium member for a few years. Thanks.
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@squallseeker Hi, thank you for reporting this. I already forwarded this to colleagues so they can check this, so I will keep you posted. Thank you for your patience.
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@squallseeker Thank you again for reporting this. Radar data for USA are provided by NOAA and therefore correct values and geo reference (location alignment) should be correct.
Could you provide screenshots next time you experience this?
