A welding system comprising: - one or more sensors (425, 427) configured to detect data relating to one or more arc parameters (337, 338) for the welding system during a weld performed by the welding system; and - control circuitry configured to: - receive the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) from the one or more sensors (425, 427); - time synchronize the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) with data relating to one or more welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) over a time period for the weld; - present the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) graphically over the time period via a user-viewable screen during the weld; and - present the data corresponding to the one or more welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) graphically over the time period via the user-viewable screen during the weld, characterized in that the control circuitry is further configured to depict an overall status bar on the screen including indications of whether all of the welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) are within their respective upper and lower limits or not, wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate a score for each arc parameter, and to present the respective score via the user-viewable screen aligned with a respective graph of data relating to the respective parameter. - one or more sensors (425, 427) configured to detect data relating to one or more arc parameters (337, 338) for the welding system during a weld performed by the welding system; and - control circuitry configured to: - receive the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) from the one or more sensors (425, 427); - time synchronize the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) with data relating to one or more welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) over a time period for the weld; - present the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) graphically over the time period via a user-viewable screen during the weld; and - present the data corresponding to the one or more welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) graphically over the time period via the user-viewable screen during the weld, characterized in that the control circuitry is further configured to depict an overall status bar on the screen including indications of whether all of the welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) are within their respective upper and lower limits or not, wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate a score for each arc parameter, and to present the respective score via the user-viewable screen aligned with a respective graph of data relating to the respective parameter. - receive the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) from the one or more sensors (425, 427); - time synchronize the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) with data relating to one or more welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) over a time period for the weld; - present the data corresponding to the one or more arc parameters (337, 338) graphically over the time period via a user-viewable screen during the weld; and - present the data corresponding to the one or more welding parameters (328, 330, 332, 334, 336) graphically over the time period via the user-viewable screen during the weld,