When is the relative humidity 100%? It may be raining, but a sheltered psychomotor doesn’t read 100%. Why not? What information does Doppler radar give that conventional radar cannot give?

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When is the relative humidity 100%? It may be raining, but a sheltered psychomotor doesn’t read 100%. Why not? What information does Doppler radar give that conventional radar cannot give?

 

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