15.7 Animated weather graphics
You can view animated weather graphics to provide an indication of changing weather patterns.
The animated weather option enables you to view an animation from the current time for:
•The forecast for wind, wave, or surface pressure.
•The weather radar history loop (NOWRad).
Running a weather animation
In the weather application:
1.Press the ANIMATE WEATHER softkey.
2.Press the ANIMATE TYPE softkey until the F’CAST (forecast) or N’RAD (NOWRad) option is selected, as appropriate.
3.If the F’CAST option is selected, press the FORECAST softkey until the WIN (wind), WAV (waves), or PRES (pressure) option is selected, as appropriate.
4.Press the ANIMATE softkey until the ON option is selected.
5.Press the OK button.
Note: You cannot display information (by moving the cursor over a symbol) when animation is running. The range and trackpad controls do however remain operable provided the PAUSE option has not been selected. Ranging /panning will cause the animation to restart.
Note: The animation will be switched to OFF, whenever the ACTIVE, PAGE, DATA, WPTS MOB, or MENU buttons are pressed, or when the animation screen is closed and you return to the default weather screen.
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