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2024-09-28 20:10:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8583347E759BDA535ED6437BEFB8FDA54BA76E8D398B74A7F1DDB924EAD4292E
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Those beams are an example of external interference from sources like cell towers, other radars, etc. NEXRAD is prone to electromagnetic interference and this is a common occurrence. Nexrad cannot create, destroy or steer storms containing billions of pounds of mass. https://www.roc.noaa.gov/public-documents/operations-branch/Data_Quality_Oddities_and_Anomalies.pdf https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/13-490_1_.pdf https://training.weather.gov/wdtd/courses/rac/principles/data-quality/story.html
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