| Summary: | Vertical profiles of the total precipitation in the area scanned by a radar have been obtained for the first time. Profiles for summer shower situations commonly show an accumulation of precipitation aloft, at a height which is observed to increase with the available energy of convection. This observation has been combined with calculations by ether researchers to give a three-fold relation between mean updraught speed, height of accumulation and energy of convection. Profiles for continuous rain are quite distinct from those of showers, generally showing the greatest amount of precipitation at the base of the storm. Profiles form a useful digest of the radar data for the synoptic meteorologist. The essential data can be reduced to a small array of digits, which are economically transmitted and readily interpreted to give insight into the precipitation pattern and the accompanying convection.
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