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why is there a sharp circular cutoff in the precipitation patterns sometimes?

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why is there a sharp circular cutoff in the precipitation patterns sometimes?

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The range of coverage of the WSR-88D system in base reflectivity mode is 230 km or about 140 miles. As a function of the WSR-88D no echoes are displayed beyond this distance. Often times this will result in a radar pattern ending abruptly in a circular pattern.