Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia Radar Assumptions and Limitations:

1.  There is no set format for radar imagery in this region.  What this means is that some radars output
    imagery as a rainrate product while others use the dBZ scale that everyone here in the United States
    is used to seeing.  So the colorbar in the kml file is nothing more than a very rough estimate of
    color intenisty.

2.  Between the 20 different sites there is upward of about 10 different color tables used
    to represent radar intensity.  While most are very similar there ARE STILL differences.

3.  The radar images are produced hourly, but they don't all come out at the same time during the
    hour.  One may come out right on the top of the hour while another may come out at half past the
    hour.  This can create large visual descrepencies from one site to the next.  The images are 
    set to cycle on the top of each hour currently.  
    
4.  All of the images are base elevation scans from the lowest radar scan angle (usually 0.4-0.6
    degrees)
    
5.  These images are crude compared to what we are used to seeing in the U.S.  There is often
    false echoing from ground targets that has not been filtered out.  This can be identified 
    by echo targets that remain nearly constant in intensity and location.  This is common
    in mountainous regions as the lowest scan elevation clips the mountain tops.  
    
    
Bottom Line:  While similar, one color from one radar site may not represent the same intensity as
              the same color from another radar site.  Colors should only be used to indicate where
              rain has fallen in the last hour.