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Figure 1.Severe warm-front thunderstorm situation over the eastern United States. Open or solid circles with three letters represent reporting stations, such as OMA for Omaha and CHI for Chicago. Contour lines express millibar pressure. (United Air Lines)

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Figure 2.Schematic of a thunderstorm intersecting the approach path to an airport. Arrows indicate wind-flow pattern. Broken line is 3° glide slope approach. Heavy lines outline the leading edge of the thunderstorm's cold air outflow (gust front). Note rapid change in wind in center of microburst downdraft.

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Figure 3.Use of minimal time track in flight planning over the eastern United States. The solid circles represent weather-reporting places, landing places, or both, such as CHI for Chicago and BOS for Boston. The plus or minus figures shown in the large circles indicate the relation of air speed to ground speed (mi/h) to be expected in the direction of flight. Contour lines express height of the 500-millibar pressure surface in feet. (United Air Lines)

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