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Stormscope
®
WX-500 User’s Guide
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Chapter 4 – Weather Display Interpretation
Typical Patterns
Two Clusters within 200 nmi
Figure
4-4
illustrates the
360
° weather view at the
200
nmi
range. Using this knowledge, the two clusters of discharge
points on the screen can be interpreted as one thunderstorm
cell at
5:30
, about
150
nmi from the aircraft, and another cell
at
1:00
, about
100
nmi from the aircraft. The cluster at
1:00
has less radial spread (in the strike display mode) and fewer
discharge points than the cluster at
5:30
, indicating a lower
rate of electrical activity. Both clusters must be avoided.
Figure 4-4. Two Clusters Within 200 nmi
R a t e
4 5
2 0 0 n m
S T R I K E
:
R a t e
4 0
2 0 0 n m
C E L L
:
