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HomeHomeDiscussionsDiscussionsiFly Owners Q&AiFly Owners Q&ARed barb on METAR?Red barb on METAR?
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12/28/2015 8:36 PM
 

Please, what is the red barb on the METAR for Blythe telling me? (See screen shot.) Danger?

 
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12/28/2015 8:44 PM
 

Gust

 
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12/28/2015 8:47 PM
 

I think Brian added the red barb as the adder for gusts. That one would translate to 30, gusting to 40 knots out of the south.


C177RG: iFly 720, Stratux 978/1090 ADS-B in, AHRS, BMP, Stratus ESG ADS-B out. RV-3: 8" Samsung Tab A, Stratux 978/1090 ADS-B in, AHRS, BMP, Stratus ESG ADS-B out.
 
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12/28/2015 9:21 PM
 

North

 
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12/28/2015 9:21 PM
 

Thanks guys! I never would have guess that red meant gust. (And, AFAIK, there's no HTML-like help page or a "tap on this icon" with a question mark thingie to get specific help, like Windows has.) As I said earlier, I thought that maybe iFly was trying to warn us that anything over 30 knots was dangerous.

I don't see the red barb as intuitive. But, at the moment, I can't think of a clever way to graphically indicate a gust. Anyone got any ideas? How does NOAA do it? (I'll be embarrassed if they use red too.)

I suppose that one red barb means that the winds are gusting 10 kts? 'Cause I was going to suggest that perhaps the entire barb indicator be red when large gusts. But that wouldn't work if individually colored barbs conveyed information.

 
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