On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:55:06 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, (Dave Jacobowitz) said:
But how do you get distance? All I can think of is having multiple

I'm pretty sure they guess the distance based on the strength. So a very
strong strike will show as closer than it really is, and a weak one will
show further away.

This is true, and although it is an 'error' in the actual distance, at
least the error is in the pilots' favor. Keeping us further away from
the stronger storms...