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Revision 6 Feb/2009
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
Normal Operation
USING THE FIS TEXT PAGE
Press the
WX
Function
Select Key until the FIS Text
Page is displayed as shown
in Figure 80.
NOTE: If a message such as
that shown in Figure 81
(METARs or other weather
product) is displayed, it may
be that the system has not
had time to acquire a signal.
If this message is still present
after 5-10 minutes, refer to
the Messages section of this
addendum.
If no report for the selected
weather product is available
in the selected area,
NO
(Selected Product)
AVAIL-
ABLE IN SELECTED AREA
will be displayed.
When viewing FIS textual
reports of Area Products,
such as AIRMETs (as in
Figure 82), SIGMETs,
Convective SIGMETs and
Weather Watches (VDL
Only), the description of the
affected area will be dis-
played in green. The descrip-
tion of the weather phenom-
enon will be displayed in
black. If the textual page is
accessed from one of the
graphical area product
pages, the page will automat-
ically be scrolled to the
beginning of the weather
description.
NOTE: If an AIRMET report
identifier in the REPORTS
AVAILABLE IN AREA field is highlighted in green, the description of the
affected area does not represent a polygon (e.g. area along and 25 nm
either side of a line from...) and cannot be displayed on the AIRMET
map.
Figure 80
Figure 81
Figure 82