Talk:DBZ (meteorology)

Why have the rain rates values changed in the table?

An update made on 2019-01-05 at 04:14 changed the rain rate values in the reflectivity to rain rate conversion table. The new rain rate values are wrong. They should be the same as before since the reflectivity column values have not changed and neither have the coefficients in the Marshall-Palmer equation (200, 5/8).184.161.180.10 (talk) 01:58, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Simple Explanation

This sounds like the measurement of dBZ indicates the relative density of particles in the volume. Would it be accurate for a simple description to say that the map indicates the density of water and other particles within the storm? Aphzidos (talk) 14:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

-- I thought this article was pretty straightforward and not too technical for a non-expert (such as I am) to understand... - Stiv — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.65.233.191 (talk) 22:49, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

-- At the very beginning, I don't understand the mm to the power of SIX. I am an engineer new in meteorology. I think either it is wrong and it should be to the power of THREE so that the ratio is dimensionless (as the article says), either the page should link somewhere useful to understand this. Antonellocherubini (talk) 08:23, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

80 dBz Colorado hail storms

Yesterday's severe storms in Colorado might have hit 80 DBZ, and held 75 DBZ for some time. Also an Alabama storm might have hit a more precise 78 DBZ. B137 (talk) 19:05, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

DBZ by second formula

Is that DBZ by the second formula supposed to be there? ✶Mitch199811✶ 19:40, 26 January 2023 (UTC)