D U AT S F LY E R AOPA Edition Issue No. 103 April 2013 [10 #] = 10-digit phone number Hot Buttons and Paired Weather Graphics Enhance Weather Briefings!! CSC DUATS has made weather briefings easier to read and understand. The above snapshot of a CSC DUATS weather briefing shows the features available for a standard route briefing. First, notice the two rows of buttons at the top. They are “Hot Buttons” that let you jump to the specific y y j p p weather type in the output of the weather briefing. In the example above of a low altitude weather briefing from ATL to MIA, the “METARs” hot button has been selected. What gets displayed is the METARS along the way from ATL to MIA in route order. “Plain Language” was selected in the weather briefing form providing METARS formatted in an easier-to-read presentation and have the fields interpreted into plain language. The translator also presents the time in your local selected time zone (set up previously Step St in your Personal Profile) as1well as the UTC time. Also with most weather types, a related graphic is presented to help you interpret the weather. The “Hot Buttons” along with their associated graphics are listed in Table 1. HOT Button Presented Graphic Entire Briefing Departure Destination Severe Weather None None None Current Surface Analysis Surface Forecast 24 and 48 Severe WX outlook Sigmets Convective SIGMETs Area Forecast Links to: Airmets Center Weather Advisories METARs TAFs Pilot Reports ada Summaries a es Radar Su Winds Aloft NOTAMs FDC NOTAMs NWS G-Airmets Turbulence Icing Freezing Level None Weather Depiction None Pilot Reports Nat o a ada National Radar Link to Winds Aloft None None Table 1: Weather Type and Graphics