Setting Up Animation; Running Animation; Viewing Weather Reports - Raymarine E Series Reference Manual

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Chapter 14: Weather (US only)
• The forecast for wind, wave or surface pressure.
• The weather radar history loop (NOWRad).

Setting up animation

To setup the animated weather graphic for forecasting (wind, wave or surface
pressure) or for the weather radar history loop:

Running animation

Once you have set the animation type (see previous section) you can run the
animation feature:
The status bar indicates the time-frame displayed. The weather radar history,
provides up to 8 images of data covering the last 2hours, at 15 minute intervals.
If at any time you need to pause the animation, for instance if you want to examine
the displayed weather for a particular time frame, press PAUSE.
Notes: (1)

14.9 Viewing weather reports

Your system will display reports for:
• Tropical statements.
• Marine warnings.
• Marine zone forecasts.
• Marine watchbox reports.
These weather reports are accessed via the WEATHER REPORTS soft key. Each report
type may contain several bulletins; the window can be scrolled to view all the data.
ANIMATE TYPE
ANIMATE
OR:
WEATHER...
ANIMATE TYPE
F'CAST
Toggle to required
option
ANIMATE
WEATHER...
You cannot display information (by moving the cursor over a symbol) when ani-
mation is running. The range and trackpad controls do however remain operable
provided the PAUSE option has not been selected. Ranging /panning will cause
the animation to restart.
(2) The animation will be switched to OFF, whenever the ACTIVE, PAGE, DATA, WPS/
MOB, MENU are pressed or when the animation screen is closed and you return
to the default weather screen.
N'RAD
FORECAST
WIN
Select required
forecast option
ANIMATE
ON
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