Garmin 7000 - Manual (Page 7)

GPSMAP 4000/5000/6000/7000 Series Weather and XM Satellite Radio Supplement 3
XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather
Storm Cell and Lightning Information
Note: Storm cell information is available only if you are receiving XM WX Satellite Weather data. It is not
available if you are receiving cellular weather data.
Storm cell icons
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on the weather Precipitation chart indicate both the present position of a storm and the projected
path of that storm in the immediate future.
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➌
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Red cones
➋
appear with a storm cell icon, and the widest part of each cone points in the direction of the projected
path of the storm cell. The red lines in each cone indicate where the storm will most likely be in the near future.
Each line represents 15 minutes.
Lightning strikes are represented by lightning bolt icons
➌
. Lightning appears on the weather Precipitation chart if
strikes were detected within the last seven minutes. The ground-based lightning detection network detects cloud-to-
ground lightning only.
Hurricane Information
The weather Precipitation chart can show the present position of a hurricane
➊
, a tropical storm, or a tropical
depression. A red line stemming from a hurricane icon indicates the projected path
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of the hurricane. Darkened
dots on the red line indicate the projected locations through which the hurricane will pass, as received from the
weather data provider.
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