SymbolDescription
Lightning—alightningsymbolis
shownateachcloud-to-groundstrike:
•Light(recordedinlast10–15
minutes.)
•Medium(recordedinlast5–10
minutes.)
•Dark(recordedinlast0–5minutes.)
Morerecentstrikesareoverlaidover
oldersymbols.
Wind—Windsymbolsshowthe
currentwinddirectionandstrength
andcanbedisplayedaseitheran
arroworawindbarb.Windarrows
indicatespeed—thelargerthearrow,
thegreater(stronger)thewindspeed.
Windbarbsgiveamoreprecise
indicationofwindspeedasshownin
thewindspeedsymbolssection.
Seasurfacetemperature(green,
yellowandorange)
•Blue—coldest
•green
•yellow
•orangeandred—warmest
SymbolDescription
Surfaceobservationstations(pink)
—Currentorhistoricalweatherdata
canbeviewedatsurfaceobservation
stations.Notalldataisavailablefor
allstations.
Cities—Thecitysymbolsenables
youtoaccessdetailsofcityweather
forecasts.Upto3forecastsare
displayedforeachcity.
NOWRad
•Rain(green,yellowandred.)
•Snow(blues)
•Mixture(pinks)
Stormtrackingsymbols
Theweatherapplicationusesarangeofsymbolstorepresent
differenttypesofstormtracks.Thestormtrackingfunctionenables
youtomonitorsignicantstormsinthearea.
Examplesofsignicantstormsincludetropicaldisturbances,
depressions,stormsandcyclones,hurricanes,typhoons,andsuper
typhoons.
Theweathermapdisplaysthetrackthatthestormhastaken,its
currentandforecastedposition,thewindradii(currentposition
only),direction,andspeedoftravel.
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