"Peter" wrote in message
. au...
I was viewing the BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) weather radar of Victoria
(17:00 07/02/2009) despite the fact that locals assure me that there was no
rain at the time over eastern Victoria a number radar returns indicated
very heavy rain at a number of the bush-fire sites. It appears that the
radar was detecting the smoke.
I was under the believe that weather/rain radars gave returns from rain
droplets and that smoke should give little or no return.

Any thoughts!

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml




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Peter VK6YSF

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Probably not from the smoke. The interface between the column of hot air and
cooler air probably caused the reflection.

Cheers,
John