Operation Manual

Chapter 7: Sirius weather (US only) 93
Tropical storm data
Tropical storm data can be displayed for a selected storm. The data
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.
Lightning
The system puts a lightning symbol at every 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 observa-
tion stations.
City forecasts
The Cities option gives you access to details of city weather fore-
casts. Forecasts for up to three days may be available.
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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