Radar Observations of Rain from Non-freezing Clouds

Abstract

It is now conceded that drizzle or light rain may fall from clouds which do not reach freezing level, but it is still not generally accepted that heavy precipitation is also possible from such clouds. This paper adds five further airborne radar observations of non-freezing rain (in the vicinity of Sydney, Australia; latitude 35 °S.) to the relatively few accounts of moderate to heavy precipitation already recorded as falling from such clouds.