Yes that's primarily due to the radar beam being significantly more elevated around that area due to the curvature of the earth.CHCH Weather Chaser wrote:Metservice hourly obs showing 31.4mm in Cape Reinga in the last hour...the radar doesn't support this. .
The echos being picked up there are from the upper half of the convection, eg Anvil Rain etc.......
The Northland Radar should be up soon to fill this gap
I would only use rainfall estimation from radar within 150km from the radar site.