Pilot's Guide

190-01255-01 Rev. A
Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX
351
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
GARMIN CONNEXT WEATHER PRODUCTS
PRECIPITATION
ThePrecipitationweatherproduct,whereavailable,showsamosaicofweatherradarimagescompiledfrom
individualradarsites.Imagesmayarriveatground-basedcollectionsystemsatdifferentratesandtimes.
Periodically,theGarminConnextWeatherservicecollectstheseimages,andassignsasingletimetoindicate
whenitcreatedtheimage.ThiscompositeimagebecomesthePrecipitationweatherproduct.Imagesfrom
individualradarsitesdifferinage,andarealwaysolderthanthedisplayedPrecipitationweatherproductage.
Becauseofthe time requiredto detect, assemble,anddistribute the Precipitationweather product,the
displayed weather information contained within the product may be signicantly older than the current
radarsynopsisandmaynotdepictthecurrentweatherconditions.ThePrecipitationweatherproductshould
neverbeusedasabasisformaneuveringin,near,oraroundareasofhazardousweatherregardlessofthe
information it contains.
Figure 6-62 Precipitation Data on the Weather Data Link (CNXT) 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(CNXT)Page
•AirportInformationPage
•TripPlanningPage
•NearestPages
•FlightPlanPages