"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
No. It's radar based.

Doesn't it have satellite overlays?

What's are those?

In that case, you would be seeing the moisture
_above_.

NexRad sees precipitation returns.

So...why is he getting the returns he is?

He's seeing false returns or artifacts of the process that creates the
NEXRAD composite or some fault in the system he's using to receive
NEXRAD. Also, I suppose it's possible that NEXRAD was showing some very
high altitude virga that his on-board radar was pitched too low to see.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM