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Viewing nexrad precipitation information – Garmin GPSMAP 545s User Manual

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Using XM WX Weather and Audio

If Weather is set to Off, none of the weather parameters will be

visible on the chart.

To view weather information on a Perspective 3D chart or a

Mariner’s Eye 3D chart:

Press

MENU

>

Weather Radar

>

On

.

Viewing NEXRAD Precipitation Information

From the Home screen, select

information

>

weather >

Precipitation

.

Precipitation shows NEXRAD radar, storm cells, lighting strikes,

and hurricane warnings. NEXRAD shows very light rain and

snow up to strong thunderstorms in varying shades and colors.

The time stamp in the upper-left corner of the screen indicates the

elapsed time since the National Weather Service last updated the

information. You can view NEXRAD information as an image

of the latest update, or as an animated loop of the latest updates.

NEXRAD is shown independently or with a variety of other weather

information.
From the Home screen, select

information

>

weather >

Precipitation

.