Display Levels Related To Vip Levels (Typical) - Honeywell Primus 880 Pilot's Manual

PRIMUSr 880 Digital Weather Radar System
RAINFALL
DISPLAY
RATE
LEVEL
MM/HR
GREATER
4
THAN
(MAGENTA)
50
3
12 - 50
(RED)
2
4 - 12
(YELLOW)
1
1 - 4
(GREEN)
0 LESS THAN LESS THAN
(BLACK) 1
THE THRESHOLD FOR THE VIP LEVELS CAN BE REALIZED WHEN THERE IS NO INTERVENING RADAR
*
SIGNAL ATTENUATION. WITH RCT SELECTED, RCT BLUE FIELD OCCURS WHEN THE MINIMUM RED
LEVEL DETECTED IS BELOW SYSTEM SENSITIVITY.

Display Levels Related to VIP Levels (Typical)

NOTE: The radar
Stratiform storms at or near the freezing level can show high
reflectivity. Do not penetrate such targets.
Radar Facts
5-36
REFLECTIVITY
VIDEO INTEGRATED PROCESSOR
RAINFALL
CATEGORIZATIONS
RATE
STORM VIP
IN./HR
CATEGORY LEVEL
EXTREME
GREATER
THAN
2
INTENSE
VERY
STRONG
0.5 - 2
STRONG
0.17 - 0.5
MODERATE
0.04 - 0.17
WEAK
0.04
Table 5- 11
is calibrated
MAXIMUM*
CALIBRATED
RANGE (NM)
RAINFALL
12- IN
RATE- MM/HR
FLAT- PLATE
(IN./HR)
GREATER
THAN
6
125
(5)
232
50 - 125
5
(2 - 5)
25 - 50
4
(1 - 2)
130
12 - 25
3
(0.5 - 1)
90
2.5 - 12
2
(0.1 - 0.5)
55
0.25 - 2.5
1
(0.01 - 0.1)
-
for convective
300 NM
MAXIMUM* MAXIMUM*
CALIBRATED CALIBRATED
RANGE (NM) RANGE (NM)
18- IN 24- IN
FLAT- PLATE FLAT- PLATE
>300 >300
190 230
130
160
80 100
- -
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