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Weather Alarms
Lightning
Triggered when lightning strikes within a selected distance
Storm
Triggered when a storm moves within a selected distance
Marine
Zone
Sounds an alarm when a severe weather alert is issued within
the selected marine zone
Watch
Boxes
Sounds an alarm if your vessel is inside a watch box or moves
into a watch box
To turn on an alarm, highlight the desired alarm on the Alarms menu and press
enter
.
Lightning distance and Storm distance
Alarm thresholds that trigger an alarm when
lightning or a storm moves within a selected
distance.
To set alarm distances:
1. Highlight
Lightning distance
or
Storm distance
on the Alarms menu
and press
enter
.
2. Use the keypad to input the desired distance.
3. Press
enter
.
Icons
Turns on/off City forecasts, Lightning, Surface observations, Storm tracks, Storm
attributes and Watch boxes weather icons. Center the cursor over any weather icon
— except lightning — and press Enter to open the icon information screen.
Chart screen with City forecasts, Surface observations and Storm attributes
icons displayed
City
Forecast
Surface observations
Storm
attributes