Both strike finders and NEXTRAD have strong and weak points. The
strike finder is real time. Even at the weather station the newest
image is about 5 minutes old. The strike finder will not show you the
beginnings of convective activity while the RADAR *may*.

With time you learn to anticipate, or forecast using NEXTRAD but it
takes watching it for a while as well. If you know what it's been
doing, where it's going, and it's history along with moisture, laps
rate, and lifting index you can do well in predicting 5 to 10 minutes
ahead, but don't expect to pinpoint specifically what's going to be
happening where, when.

With study and experience the two together are fantastic and I wish I
had them in the Deb.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com