User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1.Overview
- 2. Setting Up Your System
- 2.1Setting Up Map Layers
- 2.2Setting Up Display Levels (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.3Adding Water-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.4Fixing Floods with Anti-Fill Points (for clients without .psf mapping data)
- 2.5Editing the Places Database
- 2.6Adjusting the Color Palette
- 2.7Using the Baron Chart
- 2.8Editing Colors for 256-Color Palettes
- 2.9Customizing Font Displays
- 2.10Manipulating the Automatic Legend
- 2.11Using Overlays
- 2.12Setting Up Icons
- 2.13Points to Remember
- 3.Adjusting Views
- 3.1Using the View Main Panel
- 3.2Setting Map Parameters
- 3.3Editing Topographical Data
- 3.4Saving and Organizing Views
- 3.5Using the View Options
- 3.5.1Adding Text to a View
- 3.5.2Zooming In and Out From a View
- 3.5.3Pointing to Features on a View
- 3.5.4Panning on a View
- 3.5.5Labeling Streets with Street Spotter
- 3.5.6Controlling Display of Radar Data
- 3.5.7Utilizing TeleTrac
- 3.5.8Displaying Lightning Strikes on a View
- 3.5.9Displaying Storm Spotter( Van data
- 3.5.10Toggling High-Definition Data Processing
- 3.5.11Displaying NEXRAD forecast data
- 3.5.12Displaying Neighborhood Weather Net( Sensor Data
- 3.5.13Zooming to a Specific City
- 3.5.14Adding Fronts and Pressure Markers
- 3.5.15Creating Temporary Pixel Query Points
- 3.5.16Creating Fixed Pixel Query Points
- 3.5.17Displaying Precipitation Type Maps
- 3.5.18Saving the Current View as a Bitmap
- 3.5.19Printing the Current View
- 3.5.20Highlighting Your Spotter Network On-Air
- 3.5.21Displaying National Weather Service Warnings
- 3.5.22Displaying Wind Speed and Direction
- 3.6Points to Remember
- 4.Managing Storm Tracks
- 5.Using SEQUENCER
- 6.Controlling Your Radar
- Glossary
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
Managing Storm Tracks
4.4 Editing the Storm Marquee
While the Storm Track panel is displayed, select the Places button to display
the Storm Track Places panel.
Place Box Visible lets you keep a storm projection but not post the storm
marquee. Deselect Place Box Visible, and then click Update to hide the
marquee.
Max # of Lines lets you change the number of communities listed in the
Storm ETA box, overriding the default number of lines defined by the ETA
Box Number Lines variable in your Storm Track Setup menu. This
allows you to quickly change the Storm ETA box.
Show Range lets you change the priority setting for communities posted.
For example, a Show Range of 0 will show all communities and a value of
15 will show all communities normally displayed at a 15-mile range. You
must click on Update to effect the change.
Place List shows all communities at risk according to the given storm
projection. Note that all the items in the list include the time and name.
Communities that have a hyphen (-) sign in front of them means they are
not listed (for example, the –Cavalry Hill listing in our example Storm
Track Places illustration). Surrounding parentheses means that the item is
hidden, such as -(Chelsea).
4.4.1 Selecting Communities for Your Storm Track ETA Box
The First and Hide buttons on the Storm Track Places panel control how communities appear
on the Storm Marquee.
Use the First button to assign a community to the first place in a track. In this example, assume
that a storm has passed the first three communities in your storm track. Go to the fourth; then
click First. Note that the communities instantly update. Repeat the procedure with any other
community to have it be the first displayed. The communities that are located before the one you
select as the first automatically assume a hyphen (-) sign to show that they no longer appear.
Use the Hide button to temporarily remove a community from the marquee. Select the
community, and click Hide. A set of parentheses appears around the community. Repeat the
procedure to hide other communities. To return a community to the display, highlight the hidden
community and click Hide. The system automatically hides places that have ETAs that are older
than the current system time.
4.4.2 Moving the Storm Track Marquee
If you would like to change the position of the storm track marquee, click on the Marquee option
under the More Settings area on the Storm Track Places panel. Move your cursor to the map.
You will see a miniature marquee on the screen. Click at whatever point you would like the
upper-left corner of the marquee to be displayed. The marquee will move to its new location,
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