b3burner Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 This may be a strange place to post this, but I can't seem to find the answer Googling it, and the internet weather provider "Intellicast" does not have a glossary of terms, nor a forum with which to ask questions. Having been a member of this forum for quite awhile, and knowing that real pilots deal with meteorology on a regular basis, I thought the "Real World Aviation" section would be as good a place as any, to ask this, and hope to get an answer. Intellicast has an overlay for their national map of the United States titled "11-Degree Temperature Plot". What exactly does that mean? I thought it was a single line (iso-therm) that marked all the places in the U.S. that were exactly 11°F or C (I couldn't hazard a guess as to which). But I see that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. In the picture I snapped on screen, the overlay appeared to have created numbered surface temperature ranges-- with quite a variation-- in different locations around the country. Some in Texas today in the 90°s F, other places-- in the mountains around Wyoming, and areas in the Northeast near the Canadian border-- below 32°F. Clearly none of these extremes (especially the high ones, colored red & orange in Texas); are anywhere near 11°F or 11°C, so the term "11° Temperature Plot" must mean something else. If someone could explain that, I sure would appreciate it. A screenshot image of the website map is below. Thanks. BTW, I can't believe it got that hot in Southern Texas today! -- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3burner Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 You know what? Disregard. I think I figured out what that is. I think those are icon symbols to notate what each layer is for. The "11°" is just an arbitrary number they picked, simply as an icon next to the check-box, to indicate that the program will place surface temperatures on the map. It has nothing to do specifically with the number eleven... other than they could have picked any number (with a degree sign after it), to indicate a temperature layer with numbers on it. Now that I see that's all it is... I feel kind of foolish. I thought there was something significant about an 11° temperature plot in meteorology. I now see it's probably no more significant than an icon of a shining headlight, printed on one's headlight switch on their car. Again, sorry to waste people's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Actually, that 's just Temperature Plot. The 11º part is just a symbol, like the sun above it for Current Conditions and the broken house below it for Earthquakes. Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3burner Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Inuss, our posts literally crossed as I was about to hit the send button. Yeah... that's exactly what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 What website is that? It looks very useful. OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Google for Intellicast... Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Intellicast has good weather information, it's true, but I seem to get more info and what I need to do a short-term to mid-term forecast (which were part of my job at the Aerostat site) from a site called Aviation Digital Data Service, or ADDS. It's a NWS sub-site. I use it to this day, even though I am somewhat forceably retired due to medical reasons. Just my 2 copper pieces worth... Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3burner Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 What website is that? It looks very useful. http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks. I had a link to winds aloft data, but can't find it. But I did find this site I had in my bookmarks which is neat. https://www.windytv.com OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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