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Section 2
FIS Operation
Rev 4 Aug/2007
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
GRAPHICAL CONVECTIVE SIGMETS PAGE OPERATIONAL
CONTROLS
WX Function Select Key - Cycles through Stormscope®,
Graphical Weather Products and Textual Weather
Products.
Rotary Knob - Turning the Rotary Knob cycles
through the graphical NEXRAD, METAR, AIRMET,
SIGMET, Convective SIGMET, Alert Weather Watches
and FIS Network Status Pages.
Joystick - Moving the Joystick allows panning of the
map and placement of the pointer over the desired
weather activity to be viewed.
RNG
▲▲//
RNG
▼▼
- Displays ZOOMING TO ### nm and
advances the indicator to the next range. The upper button
increases range, the lower button decreases it. The
selected range is displayed in the lower left corner of the
display with the outer range ring the displayed range and
the inner range ring is half the displayed range.
USING THE GRAPHICAL CONVECTIVE SIGMETS PAGE
1. Press the WX Function
Select Key until the FIS
Graphics Page is displayed. If
necessary, turn the Rotary
Knob to obtain the Graphical
Convective SIGMETs display
similar to Figure 2-43.
Convective SIGMETs will be
displayed at the bottom of the
display.
NOTE: This page will not be
accessible until a valid FIS
signal has been acquired and
processed by the system.
2. Press the RNG
▲▲//
RNG
▼▼
Key to zoom in on the display. The map is
centered on the present position indicated by the symbolic aircraft.
3. To view a specific Convective SIGMET, move the joystick in the
desired direction and place the pointer on the desired Convective
SIGMET border (see Figure 2-44). A box will pop up containing the
Convective SIGMET designator, TYPE and the AGE of the report.
Normal Operation
Figure 2-43
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