Metro-02
Meteorology and Flight Planning
(2) Display tops and bottoms of radar echoes,
if known, in hundreds of feet
NOTE: Actual cloud tops and/or bottoms
may be several thousand feet higher or
lower.
(3) Direction arrows
(a) Arrows with barbs or flags indicate
area or line movement
(b) Arrows with numbers indicate direction
and speed of individual cell within a
line or area
NOTE: Arrows are oriented to eight
cardinal points of compass.
(4) Contractions and letters depict the type of
surface weather associated with the
echoes
NOTE: A "+" (plus) symbol indicates the
intensity of the echoes are increasing. A
"-" (minus) symbol indicates decreasing
intensity.
(5) Dashed line box indicates a forecast
weather watch (WW) area
(a) Valid time and ID number of WW
displayed alongside
(b) "WT" denotes tornado watch, "WS"
indicates severe thunderstorms
NOTE: Only forecast information is on
the RADAR Summary Chart; all other
information is observed.
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