What does pink and purple mean on radar?

Purple= Extremely heavy rain or hail. Winter Weather Colors. White or Blue= Snow. Pink= Freezing Rain or Sleet or Both. Sometimes snow can show up as yellow or orange as the radar may think it is small hail.

What are the colors on a radar map?

Velocity imagery is almost always displayed with red and green colors. Red shows winds blowing away from the radar, and green shows winds blowing toward it. Stronger winds usually equate to brighter colors on the radar imagery.

What symbols colors are used for precipitation?

Precipitation Areas and Symbols The intensity of rain, snow, sleet, or hail is estimated based on color, where light blue represents light rain (or snow), and red/magenta indicates flooding rains and severe storms.

What does yellow and red mean on weather radar?

Dark green: light to moderate rain. Yellow: moderate rain. Orange: heavy rain. Red: very heavy rain or rain and hail.

What do the colors mean on the weather radar?

The location of the colored radar echoes indicate where precipitation is falling and the various colors indicate the intensity of the precipitation through the color code in the legend below. Shades of blue represent lighter precipitation while red and purple indicate heavier precipitation.

What is blue on the radar?

Red: very heavy rain or rain and hail. White or blue: snow. Pink: freezing rain or sleet or mix of winter precipitation types. Below are a few sample radar images and color interpretation.

What does black mean on a radar?

As you know, dark colors like red or black = bad! Those colors mean lots of energy is being reflected back to the radar from things like hail or tons of heavy rain. Since the radar can see anything (even non weather items), then we can get “bright” spots sometimes on radar when we are tracking tornadoes.

What symbols are used for precipitation?

Precipitation is the process in which solids are formed after the reaction between two compounds. In this type of reaction formation of precipitate is expressed by the downword (↓ ) arrow symbol.

What is red rainfall alert?

Red heavy rainfall warning The strongest of them all, red warnings are issued when there is a typhoon. Measuring 30-65 millimeters per hour, red rainfall causes zero visibility. Kuya Kim said those living near bodies of water should evacuate immediately when they get this warning.

What does dark blue mean on weather radar?

Regions of light and dark blue indicate regions of lighter precipitation while areas of red and purple indicate strong, to occasionally severe thunderstorms. These radar images DO NOT specify precipitation type, as is seen with some newer products, only the location of precipitation and its intensity.

What does orange mean on the radar?

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Orange: heavy rain. Red: very heavy rain or rain and hail. White or blue: snow. Pink: freezing rain or sleet or mix of winter precipitation types. Below are a few sample radar images and color interpretation.

What do the colors on a weather radar map mean?

The colors are the different radial velocities measured by the radar. In velocity images, red colors indicated wind moving away from the radar with green colors indicating motion toward the radar. The transition zone between incoming and outgoing winds are indicated the gray-ish colors between the two.

What colors are used to measure precipitation?

In order to determine the intensity of the falling rain or snow, different colors are used. While color schemes can be different, below are the most common colors that are used for precipitation. Light green: light rain, or light rain aloft not reaching ground. Dark green: light to moderate rain.

What are the different colors of rain?

While color schemes can #R# be different, below are the most common colors that are used for precipitation. Light green: light rain, or light rain aloft not reaching ground. Dark green: light to moderate rain. Yellow: moderate rain. Orange: heavy rain.

What are the different types of radar reflectivity?

There are two types available on the web; Base Reflectivity (½° elevation) and Composite Reflectivity. A Base Reflectivity image indicating precipitation. Taken from the lowest (½°) elevation scan, base reflectivity is excellent for surveying the region around the radar to look for precipitation. A Base Reflectivity image indicating precipitation.