Weather not showing up on radar ?

January 08, 2020, 08:37 PM

David Lee

I have checked several sites throughout the day and what should show up as a fairly large rain system is nowhere in sight. Northern Kentucky to S. West Ohio are supposed to get 1 to 3 inches over 2 days. Would that much rain not show up on radar ? I only see rain in the Marshall Islands and a bit in the Pacific North West. Is there a good site so I might track incoming rain and snow ?

January 08, 2020, 08:53 PM

OKCGene

The best, in my opinion, is the National Weather Service.

Go to Weather.gov

and enter your zip code or area in the upper left hand corner for your local area. Look at their main page first.

You can also go to Ventusky.com

And also check out SpaghettiModels.com and no, this is not a girlie site, it's an amazing collection of weather sites.

Best wishes to you.

January 09, 2020, 10:29 AM

21bubba

https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

If it ain't on there it ain't out there.

January 09, 2020, 11:17 AM

David Lee

The 1st weather.gov site posted by OKCGene shows some big green patch near Kentucky but its sort of a digital view. They are calling for 80% chance starting 2:00 AM Friday morning into 100% all day Saturday. It just dont show up on different radar sites. One to three inches of rain should show up.

January 09, 2020, 11:33 AM

21bubba

quote:
Originally posted by David Lee:
The 1st weather.gov site posted by OKCGene shows some big green patch near Kentucky but its sort of a digital view. They are calling for 80% chance starting 2:00 AM Friday morning into 100% all day Saturday. It just dont show up on different radar sites. One to three inches of rain should show up.

Well Considering there ain't nothing but thin wispy clouds and bright sunshine and nothing on radar for 500 miles I'd say it better start getting busy.

January 09, 2020, 12:55 PM

maladat

quote:
Originally posted by David Lee:
The 1st weather.gov site posted by OKCGene shows some big green patch near Kentucky but its sort of a digital view. They are calling for 80% chance starting 2:00 AM Friday morning into 100% all day Saturday. It just dont show up on different radar sites. One to three inches of rain should show up.

I'm confused... Are you saying you expect predicted future rain to show up on weather radar?

January 09, 2020, 01:08 PM

David Lee

It should show up somewhere on the lower 48 as it's said to start raining 2:00 AM Friday. 80 % all day Friday and 100 % all day Saturday. With those percentages, its going to come down good. So why is it not on radar ?

January 09, 2020, 01:12 PM

David Lee

Broken up system is showing now.

January 09, 2020, 03:13 PM

maladat

Rain doesn't have to move in from somewhere else where it is raining, it can also occur when a body of cold air (where it isn't raining) and a body of warmer, more humid air (where it also isn't raining) collide, or just when a body of warm, humid air cools. As the warm air cools, its capacity for water vapor decreases, some of the humidity literally falls out of the air, and it starts to rain.

If you watch weather radar time lapses over a period of days you will see areas of precipitation appear and disappear, not just move around.

January 09, 2020, 03:22 PM

parabellum

Did we ever find the missing weather?

January 09, 2020, 03:23 PM

fiasconva

Another really good site is www.livewxradar.com. Works great for me.

January 09, 2020, 03:26 PM

maxwayne

I have weather radar in my car and it wasn't coming up earlier this morning, but it eventually did.

January 09, 2020, 03:39 PM

David Lee

quote:
Originally posted by maladat:
Rain doesn't have to move in from somewhere else where it is raining, it can also occur when a body of cold air (where it isn't raining) and a body of warmer, more humid air (where it also isn't raining) collide, or just when a body of warm, humid air cools. As the warm air cools, its capacity for water vapor decreases, some of the humidity literally falls out of the air, and it starts to rain.

If you watch weather radar time lapses over a period of days you will see areas of precipitation appear and disappear, not just move around.

OK so maybe the tempature swing is what will bring the rains. Its going to 71 Saturday but shows all day rain.

January 09, 2020, 03:43 PM

David Lee

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Did we ever find the missing weather?

I've found the wind speed increase. Every weekend at least 1 day at the Market has been ruined by rain. Working out of doors we just leave the stand covered and head for McDonalds for coffee. It is a nice change from snows to be sure. We've had 1/2" of snow so far this year. Been fighting a bad cold for a week now.

January 09, 2020, 05:45 PM

dlc444

Personally, I like the wundermap on wunderground.com. You can combine satellite and radar, local radar, personal weather stations, etc.

January 09, 2020, 06:21 PM

David Lee

That is the site I have been useing dlc444. That and local weather from Cincinnati. I like the wunderground site.