Weather Map - Mercedes-Benz COMAND Operating Instructions Manual

Displaying storm characteristics
Conditions: the Storm Characteristics Storm Characteristics
layer is active ( page 263) and weather data
Y
is available.
The example shows hail showers and tornadic
storms together with direction and speed of
propagation.
The storms legend can be called up
( page 267).
Y
Example: weather map with information on a
cyclone
Slide XVY, ZVÆ or aVb the COMAND
X
controller and move the crosshair onto a
corresponding symbol.
Press W the COMAND controller.
X
The following information is shown (if availa-
ble):
characteristics of the storm cell
R
date and time of observation (time stamp)
R
directional movement speed and path
R
i
The directional movement speed is the
speed at which the storm cell moves.
Example: weather map showing weather fronts
Conditions: the Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure
layer is switched on (
Y
data is available.
The example shows the position of high and
low-pressure areas (H, L), weather fronts and
isobars.
i
Isobars are lines that show where the air
pressure is the same.
Legend: weather fronts
Cold front (blue line with blue triangles)
:
Warm front (red line with red semi-circles)
;
Stationary front (red-blue line with red
=
semi-circles and blue triangles)
Occlusion (violet line with a violet semi-
?
circle and triangles)

Weather map

page 263) and weather
265