CHAPTER 5
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5.6 Weather
Weather information is supplied by an external ADS-B IN receiver connected the MFD.
The legacy XM weather receiver is also supported by the MAX MFD.
Flight Information Services (ADS-B IN, FIS-B) provides graphical and textual descriptions
of weather-related information for the continental United States, its coastal regions,
portions of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam . This information is transmitted from
UAT Ground Broadcast Transceivers, received by an ADS-B IN receiver and displayed on
the MAX MFD. The following weather products are available:
• Convective (Regional, CNUS, and Convective SIGMETs
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• Lightning (XM, Future FIS-B)
• Cloud Tops (XM, Future FIS-B)
• Echo Tops (XM, Future FIS-B)
• AIRMET/SIGMET
• METARs and TAFs
• Winds Aloft
• Temperature (FIS-B only)
• PIREP (Future)
• Icing (Future)
• TFRs