Garmin G1000 PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
190-00498-07 Rev. A
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
NEXRAD
NOTE: NEXRAD data cannot be displayed at the same time as terrain, echo tops, turbulence, or icing data,
is displayed.
WSR-88D, or NEXRAD (NEXt-generation RADar), is a network of 158 high-resolution Doppler radar
systems that are operated by the National Weather Service (NWS).  NEXRAD data provides centralized
meteorologicalinformationforthecontinentalUnitedStatesandselectedoverseaslocations.Themaximum
rangeofasingleNEXRADradarsiteis250nm.Inadditiontoawidearrayofservices,theNEXRADnetwork
provides important information about severe weather and air traffic safety.
NEXRAD data is not real-time. The lapsed time between collection, processing, and dissemination of
NEXRADimagescanbesignicantandmaynotreectthecurrentradarsynopsis.Duetotheinherentdelays
andtherelativeageofthedata,itshouldbeusedforlong-rangeplanningpurposesonly.NeveruseNEXRAD
dataoranyradardatatopenetratehazardousweather.Rather,useitinanearly-warningcapacityofpre-
departure and enroute evaluation.
Figure 6-10 NEXRAD Data on the Weather Data Link Page
No Radar Coverage
NEXRADdatacanbedisplayedonthefollowingmaps:
•PFDInsetMap
•NavigationMapPage
•WeatherDataLinkPage
•AirportInformationPage
•TripPlanningPage
•NearestPages
•FlightPlanPages