Where did you come up with this? All airborn weather radar systems have
the same color vs. intensity scale. For example red is always 40dbz.

Mike
MU-2


"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Matt Young ) wrote:

A question about something that I guess I just didn't get enough info on
during my instrument training. What exactly are you looking for when
looking at a radar image. Are you trying to avoid all returns? Is an
area of just green ok? Any other things in particular to look for?

Don't rely on color, as different vendors of radar data might color code
the returns differently. Instead, you ought to rely on the intensity
level, which is represented by the different colors on a color radar
product. Refer to the radar key to know what color each intensity
level is.

Rod Machado wrote a pretty good AOPA Pilot article about this very thing
about a year and a half ago. He discussed the relationship between
intensity level and the probability of severe to destructive turbulence.

As there is a small probability of destructive turbulence in level three
returns, with this probability significantly increasing in each of the
higher levels, Machado stated that one should avoid level three and
higher to avoid the probability of destructive turbulence.

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Peter