Release notes for EZWxBrief v2.9.0

Below are the release notes for EZWxBrief™ version 2.9.0

• Added an Airframe Icing layer to the Map that is the same forecast found on the ICE Meteogram and ICE Route Profile views.

• Added a Turbulence layer to the Map that is the same forecast found on the TURB Meteogram and TURB Route Profile views.

• Added a 6-hour QPF to the NDFD Weather layer that represents the amount of precipitation expected to reach the surface over a six hour period. This QPF includes the liquid equivalent amount for snow and ice.

• Enhanced the Points Labels layer that are rendered over the various NDFD Weather layers on the Map to minimize flashing that was occurring as the EZDeparture Advisor™ was advanced.

• Added the ability to delete route of flight waypoints on the Map by pressing on the waypoint marker.

• Added the ability to edit the active route through a drag and drop action to change the departure or destination airport or other route of flight waypoint directly on the Map.

• Added a Winds Aloft layer to the Map that contains a Barbs and Particles attribute that includes a terrain mask.

• Added surface analysis fronts, troughs and high and low pressure centers to the Frontal Analysis layer on the Map.

• Improved the speed at which Imagery collections load and are rendered.

• Corrected a bug that was causing a redirect to the wrong imagery collection whenever an imagery collection was discontinued within the app.

• Fixed an issue that was showing the Base Map and Layer selector menus under the Skew-T diagram whenever the Skew-T Flight mode was active.

• Fixed a bug that was rendering a question mark icon for the TAFs Weather layer for light rain showers.

• Fixed an issue where "No Significant Weather" in a TAF was showing a question mark icon for the TAF marker Weather layer and not the proper clouds icon.

• Changed the opacity of the Map legends to match the associated layer opacity.

• Discontinued the G-AIRMETs and SIGMETs static imagery collections given they are presented directly as a layer on the Map.

• Discontinued the Turbulence and Icing static imagery collections given they are presented directly as a layer on the Map.

• Changed the color of the County Warning Area Base Map to have better visibility on the Street, Topo and Terrain maps.

• Fixed an issue that was not rendering a TAF wind speed marker for calm winds.

• Corrected a problem that was causing the Imagery menu to scroll up unnecessarily.

• Changed the way imagery is being rendered in the Imagery view to avoid having blurry images for some collections.

• Squashed a number of smaller bugs and made other under-the-hood enhancements to make the platform more stable and responsive.

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