Lightning; Surface Observation Stations - Raymarine E Series Reference Manual

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Chapter 14: Weather (US only)
Tropical storm data
Tropical storm data can be displayed for a selected storm. This includes:
• The storm's name, type, date and time.
• The position, direction and speed of travel of the storm.
• The pressure and maximum wind speed and gusts.
To display tropical storm data:

Lightning

The system displays a lightning symbol at each cloud-to-ground strike recorded
within the last 5, 10 and 15 minutes:
Lightning Strikes
More recent strikes
overlay older ones

Surface observation stations

You can view current or historical weather data at surface observation stations.
All surface observations stations are represented by a pink symbol:
Buoy Station
OBJECT INFO
Hurricane Category 2
OK for more info
Move cursor over storm
graphic to display storm
type
Strike recorded in
last 10 - 15 minutes
C - MAN
Tropical Storm Data
Storm name EPSILON
Storm ID AL292005
Storm Type Hurricane Category 2
Direction 075oT
Speed 9.9kt
OK
Max Wind Speed 64.9kt
Max gust Speed 80.1kt
Pressure 987mb
Date 12/03/2005
Time 3:00PM
Position 34
Displays detailed information for
selected storm
Strike recorded in
last 0 - 5 minutes
Strike recorded in
last 5 - 10 minutes
WSI
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30'.000N/044 24'.000W
NWS