Viewing sea conditions – Garmin 7000 User Manual
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GPSMAP 4000/5000/6000/7000 Series Weather and XM Satellite Radio Supplement
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XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather
Weather fronts appear as lines that indicate the leading edge of an air mass.
Front Symbol
Description
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Occluded front
Trough
Pressure-center symbols often appear near weather fronts.
Pressure-Center Symbol Description
Indicates a low-pressure center, which is a region of relatively lower pressure.
Moving away from a low-pressure center results in increased pressure. Winds flow
counterclockwise around low-pressure centers in the northern hemispheres.
Indicates a high-pressure center, which is a region of relatively higher pressure. Moving
away from a high-pressure center results in decreased pressure. Winds flow clockwise
around high-pressure centers in the northern hemispheres.
City Forecasts
City forecasts appear as weather symbols
➊
. The forecast is viewed in 12-hour increments. XM WX Satellite
Weather includes data for the next 48 hours. Cellular weather includes data for the next 24 hours.
➊
Symbol
Weather
Symbol
Weather
Symbol Weather
Partly cloudy
Rain (drizzle, sleet, showers)
Windy
Thunderstorms
Fair (sunny, hot, clear)
Foggy
Smoke (dusty, hazy)
Snow (snow showers, flurries, blizzard,
blowing snow, sleet, freezing rain,
freezing drizzle)
Cloudy
Viewing Sea Conditions
The Sea Conditions chart shows information about surface conditions, including winds, wave height, wave period,
and wave direction.
From the Home screen, select Weather > Sea Conditions.