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Oh awesome... yeah just looked and you can see it clearly. Some of those birds now showing up on OKX flying west near Fishers Island.

Damn those birds move fast.

I almost never pull up BOX radar. Pretty much only if I'm sniffing cirrus in a winter storm or a severe event is winding down and storms are over NE CT.

massive bird movement this year? lock it up now. I am in that dead zone between Box and OKX, either the radar way overestimates or way under, often have to use a blend.

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massive bird movement this year? lock it up now. I am in that dead zone between Box and OKX, either the radar way overestimates or way under, often have to use a blend.

Well radar should never under or overestimate. It picks up what it sees. Radars are looking at different parts of a storm based on distance from the radar.

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Oh awesome... yeah just looked and you can see it clearly. Some of those birds now showing up on OKX flying west near Fishers Island.

Damn those birds move fast.

I almost never pull up BOX radar. Pretty much only if I'm sniffing cirrus in a winter storm or a severe event is winding down and storms are over NE CT.

There have been some migrations from the beaches off the s-shore and the Cape too. Maybe they are heading down the Merit for winter nesting near BDR?

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well most don't live in ENe

COC weather in WNE.....er.....not so much.

45/44 rn-, .16"

Today: Rain. Patchy fog. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Rain in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph...becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 60. North winds around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain with patchy drizzle. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds around 5 mph in the evening...becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Sunday: Cloudy with a chance of showers with patchy drizzle. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph...becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Sunday Night: Cloudy with a chance of showers with patchy drizzle. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Monday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with patchy drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.

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you know what I mean, I volunteered doing field precip truths for Box when they started the Doppler program, fun times.

Yeah I hear you... in general I don't put a whole lot of stock into doppler estimates. Sometimes they're spot on other times they're a mess... particularly with convection.

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perfect example wise ass, which is more correct for NW RI, OKX or BOX?

BOX is more correct imo. OKX beam is too high in the clouds and will give echoes higher than what is probably falling near ground level. Not busting balls, but there shouldn't really be a reason why you are in a dead zone. If anything, Kevin is closer to that term. You aren't all that far as the crow flies.

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You're looking at different things Ginx. You're looking at OKX showing a beam in NE CT between 7k and 9kft and a BOX with a beam less than 3kft.

So you're comparing apples and oranges. If you looked at a higher BOX tilt you'd be sampling the storm at the same altitude and would have a similar display on reflectivity.

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BOX is more correct imo. OKX beam is too high in the clouds and will give echoes higher than what is probably falling near ground level. Not busting balls, but there shouldn't really be a reason why you are in a dead zone. If anything, Kevin is closer to that term. You aren't all that far as the crow flies.

Hartford/Springfield is the dead zone. Ginx's area is well covered by BOX.

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BOX is more correct imo. OKX beam is too high in the clouds and will give echoes higher than what is probably falling near ground level. Not busting balls, but there shouldn't really be a reason why you are in a dead zone. If anything, Kevin is closer to that term. You aren't all that far as the crow flies.

OKX seems to do better here especially in snow events for some reason and yea right you are not busting balls, lol.

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You're looking at different things Ginx. You're looking at OKX showing a beam in NE CT between 7k and 9kft and a BOX with a beam less than 3kft.

So you're comparing apples and oranges. If you looked at a higher BOX tilt you'd be sampling the storm at the same altitude and would have a similar display on reflectivity.

Cool, thanks

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BOX is more correct imo. OKX beam is too high in the clouds and will give echoes higher than what is probably falling near ground level. Not busting balls, but there shouldn't really be a reason why you are in a dead zone. If anything, Kevin is closer to that term. You aren't all that far as the crow flies.

Yeah BDL and the valley is covered great by OKX..but my area is in no man's land...Very often I find myself using both BOX and OKX.

OKX shows snowfall better for some reason..Esp those events where it's snowing here and Ryan accuses me of lying because nothing is showing up on BOX

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Yeah BDL and the valley is covered great by OKX..but my area is in no man's land...Very often I find myself using both BOX and OKX.

OKX shows snowfall better for some reason..Esp those events where it's snowing here and Ryan accuses me of lying because nothing is showing up on BOX

Well sometimes snow bands might show up better on OKX over you. BOX beam might overshoot it.

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Yeah BDL and the valley is covered great by OKX..but my area is in no man's land...Very often I find myself using both BOX and OKX.

OKX shows snowfall better for some reason..Esp those events where it's snowing here and Ryan accuses me of lying because nothing is showing up on BOX

I am going to do a photo radar comparison first good storm, change my tilt and everything, compare apples to apples.

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