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Using StormTracker continuedUsing the layer pickerThe layer picker contains two menus, one for forecast weather and one for latest weather. The advancedversion has three (the two mentioned above plus asset layers). To select the forecast weather menu, click onthe arrow on the right of the top box and select Forecast weather from the dropdown menu.!Screen tip: click on the Met Office logo to drag and reposition the layer picker and other pop upmenus in a convenient place.15 StormTracker User Guide v3
Using StormTracker continuedThe forecast weather layer shows a menu of storm features that can be displayed on the map viewer.These are listed in light grey bars. The models available for that storm feature will drop down automaticallywhen the storm feature has been clicked on.To select and display on the map viewer the different forecast models available for a particular stormfeature, click on the checkboxes next to the model names. To unselect a layer, click on the checkbox againto remove the tick. To remove all selected layers for a storm feature, click on the checkbox next to the stormfeature in the grey bar.Animated layersWhen selecting some weather types (such as cloud) or storm features (such as forming storms) a floatingcontrol panel will appear over the map viewer. This control panel can be used to control the animationof the layer as it moves through the forecasted times. There are controls on the top right that will rewind,fast-forward, pause and play and a sliding scale beneath.Two smaller scales will appear to enable you to control both the speed of the animation and the length oftime spent dwelling on each image in the animation sequence. Moving the bars on these scales to the rightwill increase the speed and dwell time of the animation, and to the left will decrease them.To see a smooth animation all time steps need to load first. This takes a few moments to load before theanimation smoothes out.!Screen tip: time steps will be expressed in Universal Time Continuum (UTC), which is equivalent toGreenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Zulu time (Z).16 StormTracker User Guide v3
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