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Pendant Echo

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Pendant Echo - Radar signature generally similar to a hook echo, except that the hook shape is not as well defined.
Penetrating Top - Same as overshooting top.

 


The supercell in this illustration does have a pendant echo, with the top of the rotating updraft above the WER and just east of the pendant.

Precipitation or other phenomena which produces echoes on a radar display.
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Browse Related Terms: Angels, Bright Band, Clutter, Comma Echo, echo, Ground Clutter, Pendant Echo, ...

See also: Likely, Gust Front, Front, Air, Radar

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