Hello NetWeather Community,
This is my first post, so go easy! I am an absolute novice when it comes to weather but have a strong physics background, a keen interest in weather and have been trying to do a lot reading around.
The internet is a great source of advice and I have found this website of particular use http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml as a beginners learning aid. It's a little dated but it does the trick for the most part.
However, what I have struggled to find is a comprehensive guide on reading weather radar programs. Currently I have downloaded the trial version of GRLevel3 and I have found it fascinating whilst watching the weather patterns around Isaac. This morning I have looked at the weather radar warnings and found a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in place in parts of Iowa, USA. I have been recording the data for a while now and have posted a screenshot of one of the latest images, including Base Reflectivity and Velocity. I understand the fundamental principles behind these two images, however I struggle to interpret quite what is going on with it, or indeed in judging whether it has the tornadic(?) potential. I am am also curious as to what the two light green bands are to the south of the storm and what they could mean. They appear to be sucking towards the east of the lower hailstorm icon, is this the correct interpretation? If so, is that creating circulation winds that could potentially form a tornado, or do I completely not understand anything about what I am seeing! (very probable!).
What would really help would be if somebody could take the time to just run through a few features of this storm, the line of red, the precipitation to the north west, the velocity, the two green bands to the south east and its tornadic potential (if any). Thank you in advance.
Additionally, I realise this may have been covered countless times in previous topics, but I only really stumbled upon GRLevel3, but would anyone recommend this software as a radar viewing tool for the US?
