Originally Posted by
CaptainMongo
We are required to teach a method for estimating thunderstorm cell height using the weather radar. The method IMHO is more inaccurate than simply looking out the window if in daylight.
[gnd return at distance = to height in feet, move up 10 degrees to establish perpendicular beam position, find cell, examine chicken entrails, x .20 % equal cell height....)
Do any other carriers still teach this? Is so why? (I am trying to make a case to delete this from our program)
What I don't like about the radar tilt formula for estimating cell heights is that it only sees the top of the radar return.
You can plan on getting your butt severely kicked in the turbulent cloud tops above the highest radar return that don't show on radar.[/left]