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Boundary Tool

 
The Boundary Tool used to track a moving gust front.

The Boundary Tool was designed for the Aviation Weather Center to track boundaries, and users can create boundary overlays that can persist in time up to 8 hours. The boundary tool uses a familiar-looking distance speed line tool that is overlaid on a feature to be tracked. These boundaries cannot be shared, though they can be saved and reloaded. While this tool can be used by others than the Aviation Weather Center, it is sensitive to the order of certain commands and can take some time to get used to.

The Boundary Tool will not be used in RAC, but if you would like to learn more about it, see the Boundary Tool VLab reference page and associated job sheets.