Garmin G1000 PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
190-00498-07 Rev. A
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SIGMETS AND AIRMETS
SIGMETs(SIGnicantMETeorologicalInformation)andAIRMETs(AIRmen’sMETeorologicalInformation)
arebroadcastforpotentiallyhazardousweather.AConvectiveSIGMETisissuedforhazardousconvective
weather.AlocalizedSIGMETisasignicantweatherconditionoccurringatalocalizedgeographicalposition.
Figure 6-22 SIGMET/AIRMET Data
Displaying SIGMETs and AIRMETs:
1) Select the Weather Data Link (XM) Page.
2) Press the SIG/AIR Softkey.
3) To view the text of the
SIGMET or AIRMET, press the RANGE Knob
and move the Map Pointer over the
icon.
4)
Press the ENT key. Figure 6-23 shows sample SIGMET text.
TodisplaytheSIGMETandAIRMETlegend(Figure6-24),presstheLEGENDSoftkeywhenSIGMETsand
AIRMETsareselectedfordisplay.
Figure 6-24 SIGMET/AIRMET Legend
Figure 6-23 Sample SIGMET Text