Operation Manual

18.3Weatherapplicationdisplay
overview
Theweatherapplicationdisplaysarangeofgraphicstoindicate
weatherconditionsandforecastinformation.
Thefollowingdiagramillustratesthemainfeaturesoftheweather
applicationdisplay:
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ItemDescription
1Range
2
Canadianradar
3
Animationandtime/date
4
Signalstrength
5
Findshipicon
6
Surfaceobservationstations
7
Waveheights
8
NOWRad
9Marinezones
10Dataoverlaycells
11
On-screenRangeinandouticons(Touchscreen
displaysonly)
Weathersymbols
Theweatherapplicationusesarangeofgraphicsandsymbolsto
representdifferentweatherconditionsandforecasts.
SymbolDescription
Stormcast(darkblue)arrows
indicatingdirectionandspeedofa
storm.
Waveheight
•Highestwaves(red)
•Intermediatewaves(greens)
•Lowestwaves(blues)
Canadianradar(darkgreens,yellow,
orangeandred)
SymbolDescription
Lightning—alightningsymbolis
shownateachcloud-to-groundstrike:
•Light(recordedinlast10–15
minutes.)
•Medium(recordedinlast5–10
minutes.)
•Dark(recordedinlast0–5minutes.)
Morerecentstrikesareoverlaidover
oldersymbols.
Wind—Windsymbolsshowthe
currentwinddirectionandstrength
andcanbedisplayedaseitheran
arroworawindbarb.Windarrows
indicatespeed—thelargerthearrow,
thegreater(stronger)thewindspeed.
Windbarbsgiveamoreprecise
indicationofwindspeedasshownin
thewindspeedsymbolssection.
Seasurfacetemperature(green,
yellowandorange)
•Blue—coldest
•green
•yellow
•orangeandred—warmest
Surfaceobservationstations(pink)
—Currentorhistoricalweatherdata
canbeviewedatsurfaceobservation
stations.Notalldataisavailablefor
allstations.
Cities—Thecitysymbolsenables
youtoaccessdetailsofcityweather
forecasts.Upto3forecastsare
displayedforeachcity.
NOWRad
•Rain(green,yellowandred.)
•Snow(blues)
•Mixture(pinks)
Stormtrackingsymbols
Theweatherapplicationusesarangeofsymbolstorepresent
differenttypesofstormtracks.Thestormtrackingfunctionenables
youtomonitorsignicantstormsinthearea.
Examplesofsignicantstormsincludetropicaldisturbances,
depressions,stormsandcyclones,hurricanes,typhoons,andsuper
typhoons.
Theweathermapdisplaysthetrackthatthestormhastaken,its
currentandforecastedposition,thewindradii(currentposition
only),direction,andspeedoftravel.
Stormtracksarehighlightedontheweathermapintheformof
symbols,asshownbelow.
Usingtheweatherapplication(NorthAmericaonly)
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