// Preload images -
//  reason Ajax call up halts background image loading processes.

// banners + titles
var avgspeed = new Image(); avgspeed.src = "img/avgspeed.gif";
var bearings = new Image(); bearings.src = "img/bearings.gif";
var degrees = new Image(); degrees.src = "img/degrees.gif";
var hours = new Image(); hours.src = "img/hours.gif";
var knots = new Image(); knots.src = "img/knots.gif";
var winddirection = new Image(); winddirection.src = "img/winddirection.gif";
var windspeed = new Image(); windspeed.src = "img/windspeed.gif";

// bearing
var north = new Image(); north.src = "img/n.gif";
var east = new Image(); east.src = "img/e.gif";
var south = new Image(); south.src = "img/s.gif";
var west = new Image(); west.src = "img/w.gif";

// hours
var h0 = new Image(); h0.src = "img/0.gif";
var h1 = new Image(); h1.src = "img/1.gif";
var h2 = new Image(); h2.src = "img/2.gif";
var h3 = new Image(); h3.src = "img/3.gif";
var h4 = new Image(); h4.src = "img/4.gif";
var h5 = new Image(); h5.src = "img/5.gif";
var h6 = new Image(); h6.src = "img/6.gif";
var h7 = new Image(); h7.src = "img/7.gif";
var h8 = new Image(); h8.src = "img/8.gif";
var h9 = new Image(); h9.src = "img/9.gif";
var h10 = new Image(); h10.src = "img/10.gif";
var h11 = new Image(); h11.src = "img/11.gif";
var h12 = new Image(); h12.src = "img/12.gif";
var h13 = new Image(); h13.src = "img/13.gif";
var h14 = new Image(); h14.src = "img/14.gif";
var h15 = new Image(); h15.src = "img/15.gif";
var h16 = new Image(); h16.src = "img/16.gif";
var h17 = new Image(); h17.src = "img/17.gif";
var h18 = new Image(); h18.src = "img/18.gif";
var h19 = new Image(); h19.src = "img/19.gif";
var h20 = new Image(); h20.src = "img/20.gif";
var h21 = new Image(); h21.src = "img/21.gif";
var h22 = new Image(); h22.src = "img/22.gif";
var h23 = new Image(); h23.src = "img/23.gif";
var h24 = new Image(); h24.src = "img/24.gif";

// degrees
var d0 = new Image(); d0.src = "img/0d.gif";
var d90 = new Image(); d90.src = "img/90d.gif";
var d180 = new Image(); d180.src = "img/180d.gif";
var d270 = new Image(); d270.src = "img/270d.gif";
var d360 = new Image(); d360.src = "img/360d.gif";

// knots
var k0 = new Image(); k0.src = "img/0k.gif";
var k10 = new Image(); k10.src = "img/10k.gif";
var k20 = new Image(); k20.src = "img/20k.gif";
var k30 = new Image(); k30.src = "img/30k.gif";
var k40 = new Image(); k40.src = "img/40k.gif";
var k50 = new Image(); k50.src = "img/50k.gif";
var k60 = new Image(); k60.src = "img/60k.gif";
var k70 = new Image(); k70.src = "img/70k.gif";
var k80 = new Image(); k80.src = "img/80k.gif";
var k90 = new Image(); k90.src = "img/90k.gif";
var k100 = new Image(); k100.src = "img/100k.gif";