Systems and methods for presenting vertical weather information on plan view displays

An aircraft weather radar display system comprising:

• a memory configured to store weather radar return information in a volumetric buffer, the stored weather radar return information includes at least one weather anomaly;
• a display device configured to display a plan view;
• and
• a display processor in data communication with the memory and the display device, the display processor comprising:
• a first component configured to determine if the at least one weather anomaly is above or below a predefined threshold from a present flight altitude of an aircraft;
• a second component configured to generate a first image in a first geometric pattern and display the first image on the plan view display, if the weather anomaly is determined to be above the threshold from the aircraft's present flight altitude;
• and
• a third component configured to generate a second image in a second geometric pattern and display the second image on the plan view display, if the weather anomaly is determined to be below the aircraft's present flight altitude,
• wherein the first geometric pattern is different from the second geometric pattern.