<![CDATA[Satellite vs radar]]>I was wondering what the difference is between satellite and weather radar? What does the degree Celsius reading mean when I move the satellite around? Does Satellite have any bearing on precipitation, or is radar much better for that? I basically just don’t understand how these two things are measured and the use of each of them.

]]>https://community.windy.com/topic/37372/satellite-vs-radarRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 20:37:56 GMTTue, 29 Oct 2024 01:38:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Satellite vs radar on Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:08:09 GMT]]>@jsquared4184 Hi, The temperature shown on the Satellite layer is the temperature of cloud tops. So it gives an idea of the altitude of clouds tops.

If you want to check the precipitation, you have to use only radar from these two layers.

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