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
Managing Storm Tracks
FasTrac Millennium User’s Guide – May 2003
Display Delta Values controls the feature that shows how much an attribute has changed for a
particular storm since the previous sweep. Display NWS ID causes the marquee header to show
the storm’s designation used by the National Weather Service.
4.6.3 Using the Storm Table
Another useful feature of StormScan is the
Storm Table, which is opened by right
clicking on the Scan hot button. The Storm
Table appears in the on-air portion of the
screen and displays the highest priority
storms. You can click on an item in this list to
activate the marquee for a storm. The system
will zoom in on that storm arrow, post the
storm marquee, and eliminate the other storm
arrows. You can then left-click on the storm
arrow to display an automatic storm track
based on the National Weather Service data. Right-click anywhere on the view to restore the
other arrows.
The StormScan Table Setup menu, which is opened by the
Table Options command in the Arrow Filters panel,
controls the Storm Table.
Max Number of Storms/Rows in Table specifies the
maximum number of storms that will display in the
Storm Table. If there are more storms than the
specified value, the system uses the storms with the
highest priority calculated by the formula.
Display NWS ID’s identifies the storm according to
the National Weather Service.
Display Storm Rank identifies the storm according
to the rank calculated by the storm priority formula.
Selecting Display NWS ID or Display Storm Rank does not change the order in
which storms are displayed. They are sorted by rank, regardless of the selection.
The Table Contents Preferences area lets you select which attributes are displayed in the Storm
Table. Be careful. If you select too many of these items, the table may not fit in the on-air portion
of the screen. Experiment before you present the Storm Table to your users. The font that is used
is controlled by the Setup > Fonts > Storm ETA Boxes command.
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