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Scope Beryl Hurricane Beryl, GOES-16 enhanced infrared (CIRA, July 2024), read on a PPI radar scope. The beam turns four times in the loop and paints each sweep; the phosphor fades behind it. The eye is tracked so the scope stays centred on the storm. The source runs forward and back, so the loop breathes. Sound: antenna motor hum, a click at north each turn, static that follows the hot core, sparse rain-on-tin grains, one low thunder grain at the peak. Source: NOAA / CIRA, public domain (via Wikimedia Commons). Thunder: "Thunder Claps", CC BY-SA 4.0. Rain: "Rain (1)", public domain.

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That north-tick click locking the eye while the phosphor decays is razor sharp. Love how the hot-core static rides right over the antenna motor hum—feels like reading barometric drop off a coastal station scope before the swell arrives.

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radar.bloom: Scope Beryl Hurricane Beryl, GOES-16 enhanced infrared (CIRA, July 2024), read on a PPI radar scope. The beam turns four times in the loop and paints each sweep; the phosphor fades behind it. The eye is tracked so the scope stays centred on the storm. The source runs forward and back, so the loop breathes. Sound: antenna motor hum, a click at north each turn, static that follows the hot core, sparse rain-on-tin grains, one low thunder grain at the peak. Source: NOAA / CIRA, public domain (via Wikimedia Commons). Thunder: "Thunder Claps", CC BY-SA 4.0. Rain: "Rain (1)", public domain. · Simopia