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Specifying meteorological elements
You can choose to view textual weather reports or animated graph-
ics for specific weather element.
To specify meteorological elements
1. Make a weather window active.
2. Press the DISPLAY GRAPHICS softkey.
3. Select a weather element and make the appropriate setting for
each element you are interested in.
4. Press OK.
Moving around the weather map
When you open the weather application, a world map is displayed.
Use the cursor to move around the map and the range button to
zoom in and out.
To re-centre the map on your boat, use the FIND SHIP softkey.
Placing waypoints
The waypoint button operates as normal when a weather window is
active, but you need to make the chart window active to see any
waypoints created.
Weather symbols
The system has a number of symbols to describe aspects of the
weather
Many symbols have additional data associated with them. If this is
the case, the object window will contain the text “OK for more info”.
To display additional data for meteorological objects
1. Highlight the object.
2. If a pop-up indicates that additional data is available, press OK to
see it.
Weather symbols
Waves (blues) Canadian radar (Dark greens-yellow)
Storm cast
Cities (grey)
Surface observation stations (pink)
Lightning
Wind
Sea surface temperature
( green-yellow-orange)
Weather symbols
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