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Why isn the 64km view available for most radars?

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Why isn the 64km view available for most radars?

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Only Doppler radars (denoted by a black diamond on the radar selection map) have the capability to display the rainfall echoes on a 64km view. Standard radars do not have the same characteristics of a doppler radar and therefore cannot monitor the wind speed or calculate rainfall accumulations.

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