Forecast - Garmin GMX 200 Pilot's Manual & Reference

pass certain age thresholds. A product time aging table
is shown on the next page. For a GMX 200 that does
not have time available from a GPS receiver, age is
based on the time the data was received from the GDL
69/69A sensor. In this case, the age of the data may be
older than what is shown by the color coding.
Animating Nexrad, Cloud Tops, or Surface Analy-
sis products will disable the depiction of other enabled
products. The product time for the other enabled
products will be displayed as "N/A" while animation is
active.
FIS Product Times
Goes Blue After
(Minutes)
NEXRAD
Graphical METAR
Lightning
Cell Movement
Radar Coverage
Echo Tops
Winds Aloft
AIRMET
SIGMET
Cyclone
County Warnings
Freezing Level
City Forecasts
Surface Analysis
Cloud Tops
Goes Yellow After
(Minutes)
8 13
15 75
8 23
4.25 5.5
8 13
10.5 18
15 75
15 51
15 51
15 51
8 23
15 75
15 51
15 195
10.5 18
Detailed Operation

Forecast

Weather forecast information is provided for an
available City, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, Freezing Levels,
County warnings, and Cyclones. While using this fea-
ture you can also customize the display of information
showing map labels, flight plan line, and legend.
XM FIS Forecast Menu Item Page 1
1. Press the FN key and then the FIS function key
when displayed.
2. Press the fourth function smart key on the right
to select the Forecast (Fcst) sub-function.
The MENU/ENTER key brings up menu items
3.
for more sub-functions. Of the following
sub-functions, only four may be selected at
any given time: Sfc On or Sfc Animate, City,
SIGMET, AIRMET, Frz Lvls, County, or Cyclone.
NOTE: Forecasts are intended to provide data on
expected conditions. Actual conditions may devi-
ate from the forecast. It is the pilot's responsibil-
ity to obtain current information from official
sources and to update this information during the
flight.
GDL 69/69A - FIS
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