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The plots below, from a day with heavy rain in NW Europe, nicely illustrate point 2 above (plots of rainfall rate with mslp are added in each case as a reference point). One can also see that any counteracting effect of the highest rainfall rates tending to be even higher in 47r3 is negligible by comparison.
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The following panels compare visibility in an October case over northernmost China. 47r3 looks much more realistic with lower values in the snow than in the rain; the opposite was seen in 47r2.
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