Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
190-00498-07 Rev. A
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
WORLDWIDE WEATHER PRODUCTS
PRECIPITATION
Precipitation (PRECIP) data is not real-time.  The lapsed time between collection, processing, and
disseminationofradarimagescanbesignicantandmay notreectthecurrentradarsynopsis.Duetothe
inherentdelaysandtherelativeageofthedata,itshouldbeusedforlong-rangeplanningpurposesonly.
Figure 6-68 Precipitation Data on the Weather Data Link (GFDS) Page
No Radar Coverage
Boundary of
Precipitation data
request
Precipitationdatacanbedisplayedonthefollowingmaps:
•PFDInsetMap
•NavigationMapPage
•WeatherDataLink(GFDS)Page
•AirportInformationPage
•TripPlanningPage
•NearestPages
•FlightPlanPages
•AUX-VideoPage
Displaying Precipitation weather information:
1) Select the MAP Softkey (for the PFD Inset Map, select the INSET Softkey). This step is not necessary on the
Weather Data Link (GFDS) Page.
2) Press the PRECIP Softkey.
Radardatashownrepresentslowestlevel,basereectivity,ofradarreturns.Thedisplayoftheinformation
iscolor-codedto indicate the weather severity level.  All weather product legends can be viewed on the
WeatherDataLink(GFDS)Page.ForthePrecipitationlegend(Figure6-69),pressthe
LEGEND
Softkeywhen
Precipitationisselectedfordisplay.