CWA/MIS Help

Interactive Display

The interactive map shows both Center Weather Advisories (CWAs) and Meteorological Impact Statements (MISs). The CWAs show up as polygons for the hazard area. The outlines of the polygons are black to make them distinctive from SIGMETs. The polygons are filled based on hazard type (See Fig. 1).

CWA polygon color key
Figure 1: CWA polygon colors

MIS are display as yellow circles in the middle of the ARTCC region. Only regions with a valid MIS are shown.

Example of MIS symbology
Figure 2: MIS symbol

Each polygon or circle is clickable to obtain the text of the advisory or statement.

URL Options

Here is a list of the URL options:

  • date=yyyymmddhhnn - This selects a specific date and time to display.
  • time=hr - This selects the initial time on the time slider (def: 0).
  • timelabform={full|simple} - This selects time slider labels. Full shows -/+ hours from current. Simple shows just the time and "Forecast for" if it's a future time.
  • refresh=min - This sets the auto-refresh time interval (def: 5 min).
  • tz=tz - This sets the time zone to show in the date header. This can be "local" which is the browser time zone or "label,offset" which is the zone name and offset in hours. For example "CDT,-5". (def: UTC).
  • region=reg - This will center the map to a specific region. Options include: "conus", "us", "northeast", "ne", "southeast", "se", "northcentral", "nc", "southcentral", "sc", "northwest", "nw", "southwest", "sw", "alaska", "ak", "hawaii", "hi", "gulfmexico", "gmx", "caribbean", "car", "europe", "eur", "southamerica", "sam", "easia", "eas", "australia", "aus", "zab", "zau", "zbw", "zdc", "zdv", "zhu", "zfw", "zid", "zjx", "zkc", "zla", "zlc", "zma", "zme", "zmp", "zny", "zoa", "zob", "zse", "ztl" (def: none).
  • center=lat,lon - This will center the map at a specific latitude and longitude. The default is 39,-97.
  • zoom=level - This sets the zoom level. The default is 4. A higher number zooms in. A lower number zooms out.
  • fullmode=(screen|window) - This sets the full screen mode. "screen" sets it to full screen. "window" sets it to fill the current browser window. The default is screen.
  • fullscreen=(on|off) - This sets the display to go into full window if fullmode=window.
  • basemap=(light|dark|simple) - This selects the type of basemap. The default is light.
  • sat={on|off} - This turns the satellite layer on or off. The default is off.
  • satprod={ir|vis|wv} - Specifies the type of satellite image. The default is ir.
  • satopacity=# - Specifies the satellite image opacity (0=transparent to 1=opaque). The default is .5.
  • satlabform={on|simple|off} - Specifies the satellite label format. The choices are "on" which shows type of image and time, "simple" which shows only image type and "off" which shows no label. The default is "full".
  • rad={on|off} - This turns the radar layer on or off. The default is off.
  • radprod={rala|cref} - Specifies the type of radar image: "rala" for reflectivity at lowest altitude or "cref" for composite reflectivity. The default is rala.
  • radopacity=# - Specifies the radar image opacity (0=transparent to 1=opaque). The default is .75.
  • radlabform={on|full|simple|off} - Specifies the radar label format. The choices are "on" or "full" which shows type of radar and time, "simple" which shows only radar type and "off" which shows no label. The default is "full".
  • cwa={on|off} - This turns the CWA layer on or off. The default is on.
  • cwatype=param - Specifies the types of CWAs to display. The default is all. The types are:
    • conv - convective
    • turb - turbulence
    • ice - icing
    • ifr - IFR
    • pcpn - precipitation
  • cwaopacity=# - Specifies the CWA polygon opacity (0=transparent to 1=opaque). The default is .75.
  • mis={on|off} - This turns the MIS layer on or off. The default is on.
  • highways={on|off} - Turns highway layer on or off. These are primarily interstates. The default is off.
  • jetroutes={on|off} - Turns the jetroutes layer on or off. The default is off.
  • firs={on|off} - Turns the ARTCC/FIR layer on or off. The default is off.
  • metric={on|off} - Specifies to display data in metric units. The default is off.
  • mouseformat={deg|dm|dms} - Specifies to format for the mouse location: degrees, degree/frac. minute, degree/minute/second. The default is deg.
  • level=## - Specifies value of the level in the level slider. The default is none.
  • hover={on|off} - Turns on hover for features. The popups will come up when mouse hovers. Default is off.


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