Sails of Silver now sported the same line-up that had brought it to the height of its success, "Sails of Silver" has often been seen as embodying a different spirit from their classic albums of the 1970s. Prior to "Sails of Silver", the band had always performed songs written by other people, predominantly traditional songs, but also a few 20th century pieces, such as the two Brecht songs on "Storm Force Ten". But on this album they included several songs they had written themselves, including "Let Her Go Down" and "Senior Service". This was the beginning of a trend that continues down to
MESO-SAILS noted. MESO-SAILS was thus deployed with Build 14 update in the Spring of 2014 and is still in operations when needed. The operator can choose between 1, 2, or 3 supplemental low-level scans with MESO-SAILS active. A study published in 2016 looked at how the MESO-SAILS radar scanning regime performed with respect to tornado debris signature (TDS) detection during the 2016 tornado season in the Iowa Region, compared to the distribution before its implementation. When tornado watches were active, MESO-SAILS was active 100% reflecting the National Weather Service expectations for such situations. Overall, it was found that the use of