Hurricane information, Weather warnings and weather bulletins, Forecast information – Garmin GPSMAP 8530 Black Box User Manual

Page 26: Weather fronts and pressure centers, Viewing a marine forecast or an offshore forecast, City forecasts, Viewing sea conditions, Surface winds

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the last seven minutes. The ground-based lightning detection

network detects cloud-to-ground lightning only.

Hurricane Information

The weather Precipitation chart can show the present position

of a hurricane , a tropical storm, or a tropical depression. A

red line stemming from a hurricane icon indicates the projected

path of the hurricane. Darkened dots on the red line indicate the

projected locations through which the hurricane will pass, as

received from the weather data provider.

Weather Warnings and Weather Bulletins

When a marine weather warning, weather watch, weather

advisory, weather bulletin, or other weather statement is issued,

shading indicates the area to which the information applies. The

aqua lines on the chart indicate the boundaries of marine

forecasts, coastal forecasts, and offshore forecasts. Weather

bulletins may consist of either weather watches or weather

advisories.
To view information about the warning or bulletin, select the

shaded area.

Color

Marine Weather
Group

Weather Subcategories

Light Blue Flash Flood
Dark Blue Flood

Areal Flood, Coastal Flood, Debris Flow,
Flood, High Water Level, Hydrological,
Lakeshore Flood, Storm Surge

Yellow

Marine/Wind

Brisk Wind, Extreme Wind, Freezing
Spray, Gale, Hazardous Seas, High Surf,
High Wind, Hurricane Force Wind, Lake
Wind, Les Suêtes Wind, Low Water,
Marine Weather, Rip Tide, Small Craft,
Small Craft Hazardous Seas, Small Craft
Rough Bar, Small Craft Winds, Special
Marine, Squall, Storm, Strong Wind,
Tsunami, Waterspout, Wind,
Wreckhouse Winds

Pink

Miscellaneous

Air Quality, Air Stagnation, Ashfall,
Blowing Dust, Excessive Heat, Fire
Weather, Heat, High Heat and Humidity,
Humidex, Humidex and Health, Rainfall,
Special Weather, Weather

Orange

Severe Storm

Red

Tornado

Purple

Tropical

Hurricane, Inland Hurricane, Inland
Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm, Typhoon

Dark
Gray

Visibility

Dense Fog, Dense Smoke, Dust Storm,
Smog

White

Winter

Arctic Outflow, Avalanche, Blizzard,
Blowing Snow, Cold Wave, Extreme
Cold, Flash Freeze, Freeze, Freezing
Drizzle, Freezing Fog, Freezing Rain,
Frost, Hard Freeze, Heavy Freezing
Spray, Heavy Snow, Ice Storm, Lake
Effect Blowing Snow, Lake Effect Snow,
Sleet, Snow, Snow and Blowing Snow,
Snow Squall, Snowfall, Wind Chill,
Winter Storm, Winter Weather

Forecast Information

The Forecast chart shows city forecasts, marine forecasts,

warnings, hurricane warnings, METARS, county warnings,

weather fronts and pressure centers, surface pressure, and WX

buoys.

Viewing Forecast Information for Another Time

Period

1

Select Weather > Menu > Weather Menu > Change

Weather > Forecast.

2

Select an option:

• To view the weather forecast for the next 12 hours, select

Next Forecast or , and to view forecasts up to 48 hours,

in 12-hour increments, select Next Forecast or again.

• To view the weather forecast for the previous 12 hours,

select Previous Forecast or , and to view previous

forecasts, up to 48 hours ago, in 12-hour increments,

select Previous Forecast or again.

Weather Fronts and Pressure Centers

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 hemisphere.
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 hemisphere.

Viewing a Marine Forecast or an Offshore Forecast

1

Select Weather > Menu > Weather Menu > Change

Weather > Forecast.

2

Pan the chart to an offshore location.
The Marine Forecast or Offshore Forecast options appear

when forecast information is available.

3

Select Marine Forecast or Offshore Forecast.

City Forecasts

City forecasts appear as weather symbols. The forecast is

viewed in 12-hour increments.

Symbol Weather

Symbol Weather

Partly cloudy

Fair (sunny, hot, clear)

Cloudy

Rain (drizzle, sleet, showers)

Windy

Foggy

Thunderstorms

Snow (snow showers, flurries,
blizzard, blowing snow, sleet,
freezing rain, freezing drizzle)

Smoke (dusty, hazy)

Viewing Sea Conditions

The Sea Conditions chart shows information about surface

conditions, including winds, wave height, wave period, and

wave direction.

Select Weather > Menu > Weather Menu > Change

Weather > Sea Conditions.

Surface Winds

Surface wind vectors appear on the Sea Conditions chart using

wind barbs that indicate the direction from which the wind is

blowing. A wind barb is a circle with a tail. The line or flag

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