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Sirius weat her, Weather map – Mercedes-Benz CL-Class 2014 COMAND Manual User Manual

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Explanation of the layers on the weather map

Layer

Map display

Selectable

scales

Radar Map

Shows the rain radar as a colored area on the map.

For an explanation of the colors, see the legend

(

Y

page 271).

All

Storm

Characteristics

Shows the characteristics of a storm
Characteristics are:

R

tornadic storm:
storm cell with strong winds (super cell), from

which a tornado can develop. Tornadoes are

also known as twisters.

R

cyclone:
storm cells from which a tornadic storm can

develop

R

hailstorm

R

the likelihood of a hailstorm

All

Atmospheric

Pressure

Shows the position of high and low-pressure areas

(H, L), weather fronts and isobars

200 mi
(200 km)
500 mi
(500 km)

Tropical Storm

Tracks

Shows the path/directional movement speed of a

tropical storm with time and strength information

All

Winds

Shows the wind direction and wind speed

5 mi (5 km)

Sample displays of weather data in

the map

Weather map showing the rain radar

Conditions: the

Radar Map

layer is active

(

Y

page 267) and weather data is available.

The precipitation radar legend can be called

up at (

Y

page 271).

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Weather map

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