University of Auckland X-Band Rain Radar Page
Convective cells are usually associated with localised precipitation and large gradients in rain rate. High resolution radar can be a useful tool to measure such spatially heterogeneous fields.
(Left) Time lapse radar reflectivity of a storm which formed in the central North Island, 2008/10/16. The first frame was taken at 18:03. Locations of roads are indicated with solid gray lines- the confluence of roads around (14,15) is the town of Tokoroa. The radar was located outside the plotted region to the south west (0,0).
(Right) A photograph of the same storm taken from the radar site.