Loading and Toggling Radar Graphic Overlay Products

Purpose:

This task demonstrates how to load and toggle a graphic product overlay into a frame after first loading an image product.

Tasks:

 

  1. From one of your dedicated radar menus,  select 0.5 Z/SRM8.
  2. If necessary, press the “.” key on the numeric keypad to toggle between the images.
  3. From a dedicated radar menu (e.g. ktlx) , select xxxx Algorithm Overlays. In the submenu that appears, select Storm Track (STI).Loading kccx algorithm overlays from the dedicated kccx menu
    • Remember to look at the date/time information in the menu to ensure the product you select currently has data in the AWIPS-2 database. If not, then you may need to do this on the WES2-Bridge with STI data.
    • The number of pages in the table of your product is indicated by the 1/x in the menu display where “x” is the number of pages in the table. Only one page is typically visible with the other pages available to be toggled.
  4. Middle-click on xxxx Storm Track Information in the Product Legend to toggle through the pages. You should see the table in the top center of the display cycle through storm ID's.                                                                                                                                     STI product legend indicating page 1 of 6 is being displayed
  5. Task Complete!