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Sometimes why does it not snow when the radar says it is?
VijaySridhar
What you are usually seeing is called virga, or snow that sublimates into vapor before reaching the ground. Radar has to be pointed at a slight angle upward, which means the further the radar beam is from the source, the further up in the sky it is sampling. If you are 200 miles from the radar site, the radar beam is looking at least several thousand feet up in the sky, and light snow often won't reach the ground if the atmosphere is too dry.
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