Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
190-00763-02 Rev. A308
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NEXRAD
NOTE: NEXRAD cannot be displayed at the same time as map topography and/or terrain.
WSR-88D, or NEXRAD (NEXt-generation RADar), is a network of 158 high-resolution Doppler radar
systems that are operated by the National Weather Service (NWS).  NEXRAD data provides centralized
meteorologicalinformationforthecontinentalUnitedStatesandselectedoverseaslocations.Themaximum
rangeofasingleNEXRADradarsiteis250nm.Inadditiontoawidearrayofservices,theNEXRADnetwork
providesimportantinformationaboutsevereweatherforairtrafcsafety.
NEXRAD data is not real-time.  The lapsed time between collection, processing, and dissemination of
NEXRAD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.NeveruseNEXRAD
dataoranyradardatatopenetratehazardousweather.Instead,useitinanearly-warningcapacityofpre-
departure and enroute evaluation.
Figure 6-10 NEXRAD Data on the Weather Data Link Page
NEXRADdatacanbedisplayedonthefollowingmaps:
•PFDInsetMap
•NavigationMapPage
•WeatherDataLinkPage
•AirportInformationPage
•TripPlanningPage
•NearestPages
•FlightPlanPages