A method comprising: determining, by one or more processors, for each of a plurality of portions of a plurality of vertical columns (330, 430) from a weather radar signal, a reflectivity range selected from a highest reflectivity range and one or more lower reflectivity ranges; determining, by the one or more processors, for each respective vertical column of the plurality of vertical columns, in response to determining that any of the portions of the respective vertical columns are in the highest reflectivity range, whether a combination of the determined reflectivity ranges of the portions of the vertical column meet one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather, wherein the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather comprise one or more criteria indicative of bright band, wherein determining whether the combination of the determined reflectivity ranges of the portions of the plurality of vertical columns meet the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather comprises determining that a vertical span of the portions of at least one of the plurality of vertical columns that are in the highest reflectivity range is less than a threshold vertical span; and generating, by the one or more processors, in response to determining, for each of the vertical columns, that the combination of the determined reflectivity ranges of the portions of the vertical column meet the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather, a weather radar output (508, 608) that indicates each of the portions of the vertical columns that meet the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather as associated with one of the one or more lower reflectivity ranges. determining, by one or more processors, for each of a plurality of portions of a plurality of vertical columns (330, 430) from a weather radar signal, a reflectivity range selected from a highest reflectivity range and one or more lower reflectivity ranges; determining, by the one or more processors, for each respective vertical column of the plurality of vertical columns, in response to determining that any of the portions of the respective vertical columns are in the highest reflectivity range, whether a combination of the determined reflectivity ranges of the portions of the vertical column meet one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather, wherein the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather comprise one or more criteria indicative of bright band, wherein determining whether the combination of the determined reflectivity ranges of the portions of the plurality of vertical columns meet the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather comprises determining that a vertical span of the portions of at least one of the plurality of vertical columns that are in the highest reflectivity range is less than a threshold vertical span; and generating, by the one or more processors, in response to determining, for each of the vertical columns, that the combination of the determined reflectivity ranges of the portions of the vertical column meet the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather, a weather radar output (508, 608) that indicates each of the portions of the vertical columns that meet the one or more criteria indicative of high-reflectivity stratiform weather as associated with one of the one or more lower reflectivity ranges.