A bug in the matrix or just the radar? This is no normal cloud-shape, is it?

    •  wren   ( @wren@feddit.uk ) 
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      15 months ago

      aha here’s a full explanation of the thought process:

      • no other weather report matches these patterns
      • they’re suspiciously round and not blobby like real clouds
      • they’re each suspiciously localised around the radars in the network
      • there are lots of types of radar artefacts, including close-to-radar ground-clutter (this is what I assumed it was) but it’s too consistent and large of a signal for that
      • so it must be something uniform, in the air instead of on the ground, that isn’t rain
      • bugs are about the size of a big rain drop! enough to be picked up as a strong signal by the radar and enough to prevent the radar from seeing long distances
      • It’s also been flying-ant-day recently across Europe