Furuno BBWX3 - Manuals

4 1.3.2 Weather Menu Description Overlay Color Transparency Adjust the transparency level of the weather overlay. Select this item with the RotoKey and push the RotoKey. Rotate the RotoKey to set and then push it to confirm setting. The higher the value the greater the transparency of the overlay. A...

5 Weather Data Wind Forecast Select how to show the wind forecast. There are two types of wind icon styles: Vane feathers and Plain colors. Vane feathers also show you wind speed and direction, but give you more details about the wind speed per the description shown below. Waves Forecast The Waves l...

6 Sea Surface Temperature This data layer shows the temperature of the sea surface in shades of red and blue, in order of descending temperature. Surface Features/Pressure Enable this feature to get surface pressure with meteorological symbols. The cursor may be placed on a surface pressure icon to ...

7 Advanced Weather Data Storm Tracks The storm track icons show significant storms in your area. These include tropical dis- turbances, depressions, storms and cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons and super ty- phoons. These symbols are displayed in three different colors: Grey, historical; Red- current, ...

8 Storm Cell Cast You can find the direction and speed of a storm by placing by placing the cursor on the icon. For more detailed information, press the left-click button. Simple storm cell cast information Detailed storm cell cast information

9 Lightning The lightning icons show where lightning has struck, within the last 5, 10 and 15 min- utes. The icon's fill color indicates how recent the lightning strike was, as shown in the table below. The number of lightning bolt markers indicates the number of times light- ning has struck. .Descr...

1 0 Buoys You can check the historical or current weather information at buoys. For simple information, place the cursor on the buoy icon ( ), etc. For more de- tailed information, push the left-click button. Simple buoy information Detailed buoy data Scroll formore data

1 2 1.4.2 Marine warning Display the marine warnings (US coastal or near shore). 1.4.3 Tropical Statement Below is an example of a tropical weather statement. N O R E P O R T AVA I L A B L E F O R T H I S M A R I N E Z O N E .

1 3 1.4.4 Marine WatchBox The message "Weather Alarm, Press Menu Button" appears on the status bar when a tornado or thunderstorm warning is received. To view the details of the warning, press the MENU key to open the Alert Box in the Weather menu. The message is au- tomatically opened in th...

14 Glossary of weather terms Absolute Humidity- The density of water vapor. It is the mass of the water vapor divided by the volume that it occupies. Advisory - Advisories are issued for weather situations that cause significant inconveniences but do not meet warning criteria and, if caution is not ...