Time To Destination: an idea

[kenny]

I was looking at the radar this morning and wondering whether to go out since there is some weather headed this way from the gulf. You can animate the radar but you can't tell how long before it hits West bay. It seems like there should be a way to calculate forward speed of a thunderstorm, and do an overlay on the map with minutes and hours, so you could then gauge when that cell was going to hit any particular location.
You computer fellows get on that assignment would you.......

[FlatoutFishin]

I was looking at the radar this morning and wondering whether to go out since there is some weather headed this way from the gulf. You can animate the radar but you can't tell how long before it hits West bay. It seems like there should be a way to calculate forward speed of a thunderstorm, and do an overlay on the map with minutes and hours, so you could then gauge when that cell was going to hit any particular location.
You computer fellows get on that assignment would you.......

Look at the forward line at the start of animation, and the end of animation. It more than likely will be over an hour + or -. Now take this amount of track and advance it. Example and inch an hour. Still, this is just a guess as there could be other variables. Is that what your asking kenny...because i know your smart enough to figure that out?

[Moonpie]

Check the time at the start of the animation(usually listed in ZULU time).
As the animation hits the end of its loop, check the time again.
Note the elapsed time frame.
Measure that against the distance the storm moves. There isn't noramlly any mileage scale scale on the weather radars but you can estimate it pretty good by using the distance between two known points like Houston and Galveston.
Example: Distance from Houston to Galveston is approx 40 miles.
Storm moves half the distance from Houston to Galveston in 2 hours, estimated speed is 10mph.

Clear as mud?

[kenny]

Look at the forward line at the start of animation, and the end of animation. It more than likely will be over an hour + or -. Now take this amount of track and advance it. Example and inch an hour. Still, this is just a guess as there could be other variables. Is that what your asking kenny...because i know your smart enough to figure that out?

Hey mystery loser,
It's the 21st, Century, I want a time/mileage grid overlay.

[FlatoutFishin]

Hey mystery loser,
It's the 21st, Century, I want a time/mileage grid overlay.

Hey Einstein...that's impossible, storms aren't a constant, or no two are the same. You starting to sound like a liberal(gimmee...gimmee..gimmee), better quit conversing with your buddy BJ!

[plugger]

Er, humm, I'm still trying to figure out how to use my first digital camera.