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CURRENT CONDITIONS SCREEN- Shows current observations from a selected observation site via HiRAD. Usually, the observation us updated hourly, though in some cases, it can update more than once per hour.
The information from the current screen is considered to be expired after two (2) hours. With HiRAD, after an observation is outdated, the IntelliStar automatically reverts back to it's NWS ob site. The NWS ob site data is considered to be expired after two (2) hours. If this data should happen to expire before HiRAD is back online, the current observation screen will show "No Report" in yellow.



METRO CONDITIONS SCREEN- Shows current observations via HiRAD. As with the Current Conditions product, data is considered to be expired after two (2) hours. After two (2) hours, cities become blank*, showing no data but the city name. However, if data for all cities is missing, the product does NOT display - or if displayed, a black semitransparent bar displays, with the words "Temporarily Unavailable" located inside.
*On some metro maps, actual NWS ob sites (such as airports) are shown. Once HiRAD data has expired, NWS data will show. If NWS data expires, the no-display or temporarily unavailable rule applies.



REGIONAL CONDITIONS SCREEN- Shows current observations via HiRAD. As with the Current Conditions product, data is considered to be expired after two (2) hours. After two (2) hours, cities become blank*, showing no data but the city name. However, if data for all cities is missing, the product does NOT display - or if displayed, a black semitransparent bar displays, with the words "Temporarily Unavailable" located inside.
*On some metro maps, actual NWS ob sites (such as airports) are shown. Once HiRAD data has expired, NWS data will show. If NWS data expires, the no-display or temporarily unavailable rule applies.



LOCAL CONDITIONS SCREENS- Via HiRAD, 8 cities throughout the unit's DMA are split on two pages. As with other current observation products, the data is considered to be expired after two (2) hours. If airports or other NWS ob sites are listed, they will show data when HiRAD is unavailable. When a report for a location isn't available, "No Report" displays.
Usually, when no city is showing a report, the local observation pages don't display and are replaced with other products in the local forecast. However, when other products can't fill time, these ages will display - with all locations showing "No Report."



REGIONAL RADAR- Shows current precipitation throughout the region in the past 3 hours. When snow or ice is detected by the radar, a snow/ice legend is added next to the rain legend - but is absent when frozen precip isn't detected. Under normal flavor lineups, data is looped two (2) times. The time bar is no longer on this product.
When only partial data is available, the "Past 3 Hours" stamp is removed, and the available data is constantly looped.
When no data is available, the cities and their respective markers are removed, and a semitransparent black bar is shown with the words "Temporarily Unavailable" inside.



METRO RADAR- Only shown when precipitation is detected within the metro area. The product shows current precipitation throughout the metro area in the past 3 hours. When snow or ice is detected by the radar, a snow/ice legend is added just next to the rain legend - but is absent when frozen precip isn't detected. Under normal flavor lineups, data is looped three (3) times. The time bar is no longer on this product.
When only partial data is available, the "Past 3 Hours" stamp is removed, and the available data is constantly looped.
When no data is available, this product isn't displayed.



REGIONAL RADAR/SATELLITE- Shows current precipitation and sky cover throughout the region within the past 5 hours. Wintry precipitation is not depicted on this product. Data is looped two (2) times.
When only partial data is available, the "Past 5 Hours" stamp and time bar are removed, and the available data is constantly looped.
When no data is available, this product is not displayed.



REGIONAL SATELLITE- Shows current sky cover throughout the region within the past ten (10) hours. Data is looped two (2) times.
When only partial data is available, the "Past 10 Hours" stamp and time bar are removed, and the available data is constantly looped.
When no data is available, this product is not displayed.
Product is only shown regularly in the Western united States. However, during major weather events, such as paralyzing winter storms, or hurricanes, the product will manually be added to STARs within the affected areas throughout the weather event.


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