飞行蚁群干扰天气雷达

飞行蚁群干扰天气雷达

A swarm of flying ants big enough to confuse weather radar has been caught flying over southern England.

一群大到足以扰乱气象雷达的飞行蚂蚁在英格兰南部上空被捕获。

The "insect clutter", as the UK's Met Office put it, was picked up on on Wednesday.

正如英国气象局(Met Office)所言，这种“昆虫杂波”是在周三被发现的。

"We knew it was dry in the south of England, and yet the radar was showing this very light precipitation across the south," forecaster Simon King told BBC News.

气象预报员西蒙·金告诉BBC新闻:“我们知道英格兰南部很干燥，但雷达显示南部地区少量降水。”

"You can tell it's not rainfall because it has that eerie look to it. It doesn't quite match what rainfall looks like."

“你可以看出这不是降雨，因为它看起来很怪异。跟降雨量也不太相符。”

Flying ants!!!

会飞的蚂蚁!!!

Swarms of them flying into the sky in S Eng are being picked up as rain on the radar image this morning

今天早上，在雷达图像上，成群结队的蚂蚁飞向天空，他们被当成了雨点。

— Simon King (@SimonOKing) July 17, 2019

——西蒙·金(@SimonOKing) 2019年7月17日

While flying ants are common in the region, this was the biggest swarm King says he's ever seen.

虽然飞蚁在该地区很常见，但这是我见过的最大的飞蚁群。

"For it to actually to appear on the radar imagery, that's something certainly incredible, and I just feel sorry for all the people who have to experience those flying ants."

“如果它真的出现在雷达图像上，那肯定是不可思议的，我只是为所有必须经历这些飞行蚂蚁的人感到遗憾。”

The latest view from space shows that our radar is picking up something that isn't along the south coast

最新的太空观测显示，我们的雷达探测到了不属于南海岸的东西。

— Met Office (@metoffice) July 17, 2019

-气象局(@met office)2019年7月17日

The very concept baffled Met Office followers on social media. The forecaster held a poll asking followers what they thought it was, and most guessed dust.

这一概念让网友们感到困惑。天气预报员举行了一次民意测验，问网民认为这是什么?结果大多数人猜是灰尘。

"We know this to be insect clutter (flying ants) based on inspection of raw reflectivity," it said afterwards.

“根据对原始反射率的检测，我们知道了这是昆虫杂波(飞蚁)”。