Viewing sea conditions – Garmin 7000 User Manual

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GPSMAP 4000/5000/6000/7000 Series Weather and XM Satellite Radio Supplement

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XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather

Weather fronts appear as lines that indicate the leading edge of an air mass.

Front Symbol

Description
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Occluded front
Trough

Pressure-center symbols often appear near weather fronts.

Pressure-Center Symbol Description

Indicates a low-pressure center, which is a region of relatively lower pressure.

Moving away from a low-pressure center results in increased pressure. Winds flow

counterclockwise around low-pressure centers in the northern hemispheres.
Indicates a high-pressure center, which is a region of relatively higher pressure. Moving

away from a high-pressure center results in decreased pressure. Winds flow clockwise

around high-pressure centers in the northern hemispheres.

City Forecasts

City forecasts appear as weather symbols

. The forecast is viewed in 12-hour increments. XM WX Satellite

Weather includes data for the next 48 hours. Cellular weather includes data for the next 24 hours.

Symbol

Weather

Symbol

Weather

Symbol Weather

Partly cloudy

Rain (drizzle, sleet, showers)

Windy

Thunderstorms

Fair (sunny, hot, clear)

Foggy

Smoke (dusty, hazy)

Snow (snow showers, flurries, blizzard,

blowing snow, sleet, freezing rain,

freezing drizzle)

Cloudy

Viewing Sea Conditions

The Sea Conditions chart shows information about surface conditions, including winds, wave height, wave period,

and wave direction.

From the Home screen, select Weather > Sea Conditions.

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