Weather Text Product Control

5.7.15 Weather Text Product Control

Overview

This control is used to display weather text products (forecasts, warnings, watches, etc) produced by the National Weather Service and other international meteorological agencies.

The user interface consists of 3 tabs. The first allows the user to select and display the text products. The Products panel allows the user to select the type of product to view. When a product is selected, the available stations are plotted in the associated view window. One or more stations can be selected by clicking on the station in the view window (or Ctrl-click for multiple stations). When a station is selected, the text product for that station is displayed.

The user can select between displaying the products as raw text or as HTML by clicking on the tab at the bottom of the text display area. In the HTML view, you can toggle on a glossary which will highlight certain meteorological terms. When the links are clicked, a dialog will pop up with an explanation of the term.

By default, the most recent text product is displayed. Multiple products can be displayed by selecting a time range from the Time Covered selector. You can loop through multiple products using the Time Animation widget. The time animation will be synched with any other data in the associated view window.

The second tab controls the display of the station locations in the associated View window. It is the same as the Station Location Control's Display tab.

When you select a product, the available stations are shown in the View window. This tab can be used to control the station density and the layout of the station identifiers.

The third tab lists information about the selected location and shows lists of all the locations and the displayed selections.

It is the same as the Locations tab in the Station Location Control.

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