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Reflectivity indicates the size and amount of "stuff" in
the air. This "stuff" could include water droplets, ice
crystals, or even insects! Areas with relatively large
particles are warm-colored (red and orage) and areas with
smaller particles are cool-colored (blue and green). You'll
notice that there tend to be larger particles are in the
middle of the cloud and smaller particles around the edges of
the cloud. The radar can only "see" particles that are within
a certain size range. Therefore, a reflectivity image may not
show things like fog, which is made up of extrememly small
particles.
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