Chapter 14: Weather (US only) 243
Tropical storm data
Tropical storm data can be displayed for a selected storm. This includes:
• The storm’s name, type, date and time.
• The position, direction and speed of travel of the storm.
• The pressure and maximum wind speed and gusts.
To display tropical storm data:
Lightning
The system displays a lightning symbol at each cloud-to-ground strike recorded
within the last 5, 10 and 15 minutes:
Surface observation stations
You can view current or historical weather data at surface observation stations.
Hurricane Category 2
OK for more info
OBJECT INFO
Storm name
Storm ID
Storm Type
Direction
Speed
Max Wind Speed
Max gust Speed
Pressure
Date
Time
Position
Tropical Storm Data
EPSILON
AL292005
Hurricane Category 2
075oT
9.9kt
64.9kt
80.1kt
987mb
12/03/2005
3:00PM
34
o
30'.000N/044
o
24'.000W
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Move cursor over storm
graphic to display storm
type
Displays detailed information for
selected storm
OK
Strike recorded in
last 0 - 5 minutes
Strike recorded in
last 5 - 10 minutes
More recent strikes
overlay older ones
Strike recorded in
last 10 - 15 minutes
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Lightning Strikes
Buoy Station C - MAN WSI NWS
All surface observations stations are represented by a pink symbol:
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