Raymarine a65 Installation And Operation Instructions Manual page 210

Historical (grey) Current (red)
When a symbol is selected, additional storm information can be
accessed by the context menu:
• Storm's name and type.
• Date and time.
• Position, direction and speed.
• Pressure and maximum wind speed and gusts.
Surface pressure symbols
The weather application uses a range of symbols to represent
different surface pressure conditions.
Symbol
Surface observation station symbols
The weather application uses a range of symbols to represent
different types of surface observation station.
Symbol
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Forecast
(orange) Description
Hurricane
(Category 1–5)
Tropical storm
Tropical
disturbance,
tropical
depression
Description
High / low pressure (blue and red)
Warm front (red)
Cold front (blue)
Occluded front (purple)
Stationary front (red-blue)
Trough (brown)
Squall line (red)
Dry line (red)
Isobars (grey)
Description
Buoy station
C-MAN (Coastal-marine automated
network)
WSI (Weather services international)
NWS (National weather service)
Wind speed symbols
The weather application uses a range of symbols to represent
different wind speeds.
Symbol Speed Symbol
3–7 kts
18–22 kts
33–37 kts
48–52 kts
63–67 kts
78–82 kts
93–97 kts
Wave information symbols
The weather application uses a range of graphics and symbols to
represent different types of wave information.
Symbol
Speed Symbol Speed
8–12 kts 13–17 kts
23–27 kts 28–32 kts
38–42 kts 43–47 kts
53–57 kts 58–62 kts
68–72 kts 73–77 kts
83–87 kts 88–92 kts
98–102 etc.
kts
Description
Wave height — Waves are shown in
16 shades of color from:
• Reds — Highest waves
• Greens — Intermediate waves
• Blues — Lowest waves
Wave period — wave periods are
shown using shades of blue, the
darker the shade the shorter gap
between successive waves. The wave
period detail can be accessed by the
context menu View Data option.
Wave direction — direction of waves
is indicated by blue arrows.
New a Series / New c Series / New e Series