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ISIG
ISIG is the ending valid time for the international SIGMET, the colors for
the thunderstorms, turbulence, hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical
depressions, volcanic ash clouds, marked mountain waves, tropical
cyclones, squall lines, CAT, icing, hail, duststorms, sandstorms,
cumulonimbus, and low level wind shear, flags for plotting symbols or
storm names, the start and end times, the message id, the direction and
speed, and the flight level or the central pressure and maximum wind speed
associated with a tropical cyclone on the map.
End time|TS;TB;HU;TR;TD;VA;MW;TC;SQ;CT;IC;GR;DS;SS;CB;WS clrs|Symbol flg|
Time flg|Id flg|Motion flg|Flight lvl flg
SIGMETs that are valid at the ending time will be plotted on the map.
The ending time is given as a GEMPAK date/time string. Any missing
items from the string will be filled in by the system time. The
ending time may also be LAST or ALL. LAST will use the system time
and plot all current SIGMETs. ALL will plot all the SIGMETs in the data
files for the last ten days, whether they are active, cancelled, or expired.
The colors are separated by a semi-colon. If any color is set to 0,
that type of symbol will not be plotted. If any color is missing, a
default will be used. Defaults are cyan for thunderstorm, yellow for
turbulence, red for hurricane, red for tropical cyclone, yellow for tropical
storm, green for tropical depression, orange for volcanic ash cloud,
magenta for marked mountain wave, magenta for squall line, yellow for CAT,
green for icing, red for hail, orange for duststorm, orange for sandstorm,
and red for cumulonimbus.
The symbol flag is YES or NO and controls
(1) for thunderstorms and turbulence: whether or not to plot the
symbol at the center of the defined area.
(2) for volcanic ash clouds: whether or not to plot the symbol
at the volcano location, if given, or at the center of the
defined area.
(3) for named storms: whether or not to display the storm name.
The default is NO.
The time flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the start
and end times of the SIGMET on the map. The default is NO.
The message id flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the
SIGMET message identification and sequence number on the map. The default
is NO.
The motion flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the
direction in degrees and the speed in knots of the SIGMET. The default
is NO.
The flight level flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the
SIGMET flight level in hundreds of feet on the map. Or if a tropical
cyclone is the phenomenon, this position controls whether or not to plot
the central pressure in mb and the maximum winds in kts. The default is NO.