Panasonic 3.0 User Manual

EchoMap v3.0

7.4.2

Interpreting Graphical Ceiling / Visibility Reports

A graphical Metar report has three pages of information. The first

page of information shows Ceiling, Visibility and Precipitation for

each reporting airport. A vertical bar displays ceiling status and a

horizontal bar visibility status, forming an L-shape. The color of

the bar indicates the status.

Statu

Ceiling

Visibility

VFR Greater than 3,000 ft Greater than 5 Nm

MVFR

1,000 to 3,000 ft

3 to 5 Nm

IFR

500 to 1,000 ft

Less than 3 NM

LIFR

Less than 500 ft

Less than 1 Nm

7.4.3

How to Read Precipitation Levels

Inside the L-shaped Ceiling/Visibility bars may be letters indicating

precipitation. If there is no letter, then this data isn’t reported.

Precipitation

Light

Moderat

Heavy

Rain

RA-

RA+

RA++

Snow

SN-

SN+

SN++

None

7.4.4

Interpreting Metar Age

It is important to remember that METAR information from multiple

airports is not all from the same time period. The times of the

individual Metar reports is shown by color-coding the associated

airport identifier. Some airports don’t supply Metar data and have

normal coloring.

Identifier

0-30 minutes

30-60 minutes

60+ minutes

PDX