can clouds show up on radar
In winter especially, the rain clouds can be below the radar beam at a distance of more than 200 kilometres from the radar, and hence the radar beam will overshoot the rain. As a result, the radar image will not show any rain even though at the ground level it may be raining at the time.Due to the reasons described above, interpreting the radar images at extended ranges can be difficult and you should take great care in using these images.With practice, however, you will find them useful.hus precipitation that is occurring some distance away from the radar might not show at all, or may show with a reduced intensity. The presence of significant echoes at large range probably indicates the presence of large amounts of rain at high levels above the ground (e.g. a thunderstorm).