Good morning from Beautiful Boston.
Looking ahead for the Northeast flyers, possible frontal boundary from Boston to DFW.
Was just checking the Prog on Aviationweather.gov. 
Be sure to put your route in and check the Turbulence site for C.A.T.
Pireps along the route for possible ice conditions, and test all equipment.
Good chance for some excellent Radar practice putting the beam at 15,000 ft on the cells.
Practice the 5 steps starting with the bearing line over the cell, ident the position, then do a vertical cut. Even if its ground return by being symmetrical , go back to horizontal and do the 50% gain cut for practice, always return to calibrated gain and envision the decision to turn upwind if able.
The GWX 70 and up guys and gals can practice the correct tilt and adding 4 deg to get rid of most of the ground return outside of 40 nm.
Due to Beam Width smear, Radars with Magnetrons are only good out to 30 miles.
This is all due to the 10 inch antenna.
Keep the blue side up and the ball centered!
Capt'n Bill

Hello,
​Use Google Chrome if Safari will not open the Radar training Video.

I have added the Radar Training card on the Radar Training Page.
​If you have time I have added some Quick Reference for the Training Class from The video Radar Training with Bill Panarello on the Videos page.
 If you drag up to the listed Times, Pertinent info for the class are emphasized from the video.
Enjoy
Capt'n Bill

Weather and Ground straight ahead Gain Cut, less than Level 2 if monitor goes black.
7:30 to 9:05

Weather I.D. steps and ground I.D. only.   12:15 to 14:40

Weather steps to stay ahead and ATC reporting neared WX.  16:10 to 20:05

ATC Reports and Setup in the hold for Trolling for WX.  25:30 to 26:50

Active Shadow steps to Ident, Hooking a good one!  27:30 to 32:32

Slowing down to Enjoy the ride! Masking a Turn in Heading mode. 33:45 to 35:50

Good Vertical cut, Caught a Keepah, and Decision made for turn. 37:15 to 39:05

Storm Identification, Decision making, turn before the WX. 41:30 to the END.

Great time , Great Student,