Garmin 695, 696 owner manual Nexrad Limitations, Radar Legend

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Appendices Additional Features Hazard Avoidance Flight Planning GPS Navigation Overview

Index

Hazard Avoidance

NEXRAD Limitations

Certain limitations exist regarding the NEXRAD radar displays. Some, but not all, are listed for the user’s awareness:

NEXRAD base reflectivity does not provide sufficient information to determine cloud layers or precipitation characteristics (hail vs. rain). For example, it is not possible to distinguish between wet snow, wet hail, and rain.

NEXRAD base reflectivity is sampled at the minimum antenna elevation angle. An individual NEXRAD site cannot depict high altitude storms at close ranges, and has no information about storms directly over the site.

Radar coverage only extends to 55°N.

Any precipitation displayed between 52°N and 55°N is unknown.

NEXRAD Intensity

Colors are used to identify the different NEXRAD echo intensities (reflectivity) measured in dBZ (decibels of Z). “Reflectivity” (designated by the letter Z) is the amount of transmitted power returned to the radar receiver. The dBZ values increase as returned signal strength increases. Precipitation intensity is displayed using colors corresponding to the dBZ values.

RADAR Legend

NEXRAD Data

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Garmin GPSMAP 695/696 Owner’s Manual

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