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Metar map colors

8/31/2016 8:27 PM

Don Ellington

Joined: 7/24/2014

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Metar map colors Modified By Don Ellington on 8/31/2016 8:32:10 PM

What do the outer circle colors mean on the map around the airport metar circles

There are red circles with blue around them and green with blue around. There are also blue with green circles around them

[attachment]Screenshot_2016-08-31-21-24-06.png[/attachment]

Found the answer here

https://www.iflygps.com/SUPPORT/Forum/tabid/108/forumid/6/postid/17912/scope/posts/Default.aspx#17912

8/31/2016 11:02 PM

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Re: Metar map colors Modified By on 8/31/2016 11:04:02 PM

The inner circles are metars and the outer circles are TAF's.

9/1/2016 6:46 PM

Jeff Clark

Joined: 9/20/2012

Posts: 1254

Re: Metar map colors

The inner circle is the most recently reported METAR, color-coded as LIFR, IFR, MVFR, or VFR. If there is a TAF for the airport, it is the larger circle and is color-coded for the current time. For example, in your screenshot above the time is 21:24. You can see at a glance which airports are matching the current forecast, which are better than the forecast, and which are worse than the forecast. Spotting a trend can help you make a decision to continue/turn around/delay departure. Good luck with this week's storms.

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