Lowrance electronic Lowrance GlobalMap 5500C - Manual (Page 92)

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you can select the boxed " C " icon and it becomes an animated arrow
with a pop-up name box. An example is displayed in the following figure.
To view Tidal Current information:
1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor over a Tidal Current Station
icon. When selected, a pop-up name box appears.
2. Press WPT to display the Tidal Current Information screen.
Navionics chart showing Tidal Current Station icon selected by cur-
sor. In this example, the tidal current is in flood stage but it's about to
enter the slack water stage. The current is flowing west at 0.1 mph.
Current Information screen.
The Tidal Current Information screen displays daily tidal current data
for this station at the present time. The graph at the top of the screen is
an approximate view of the flood and ebb pattern for the day, from
midnight (MN), to noon (NN) to midnight (MN). The velocity scale at
the top left side of the graph changes dynamically based upon the
maximum velocity of the current for that day.
Cursor lines
Tidal Current
Station icon
in animated
mode
Pop-up
name box