Description:
This product depicts the hourly reports of instrument flight rules (IFR),
marginal visual flight rules (MVFR), and visual flight rules (VFR) conditions.
Issuance:
Hourly
Data Sources:
Hourly surface observations
Depiction:
Shaded Areas indicate IFR conditions. Areas enclosed by the green line,
but not shaded, indicate marginal VFR conditions. All other areas are VFR.
The number of observations used to generate the report is printed on the
left side of the chart.
Examples:
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Area of marginal VFR conditions -- Ceilings between 1,000
and 3,000 ft and/or visibility between 3 and 5 miles |
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Area of IFR conditions -- Ceilings less than 1000 ft
and/or visibility less than 3 miles |
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Areas not enclosed indicate VFR conditions with ceilings
greater than 3000 ft and visibility greater than 5 miles |