Watchbox alert box
The watchbox alert box is a red polygon which shows
the location where severe weather is occurring.
The watchbox alert box shall be displayed if the
weather application is displayed, watchbox alerts
are On and the watchbox alert area is within the
specied range from your vessel, or set to All.
Item Description
1 Watchbox alert box
Viewing watchbox alerts
You can view a watchbox alert at any time by
following the steps below:
From the weather application with a watchbox alert
box displayed.
1. Select the watchbox alert box.
The context menu is displayed.
2. Select View Data.
The watchbox alert message is displayed.
Setting watchbox alert range
You can specify the range from your vessel that you
wish to receive watchbox alerts from.
From the weather application:
1. Select Menu.
2. Select Watchbox Alerts.
3. Select the required range, All, or Off if you do not
want to receive watchbox alerts.
• Selecting a range will display watchbox
warnings occurring within the specied range.
• Selecting All will display all watchbox warning
regardless of range from your vessel.
• Selecting Off will stop watchbox alerts.
Note: When the watchbox alert setting is set to
Off watchbox reports will still be received but you
will not be alerted.
27.8 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:
• NOWRad — weather radar
• Wind
• Waves
• Pressure — surface pressure
Running a weather animation
From the weather application:
1. Select Menu.
2. Select Animate Weather.
3. Select Animate.
A list of animation is displayed.
4. Select the type of animation from the list.
5. Select Play so the On is displayed.
Selecting play will switch between on and off.
Note: You cannot display information (by moving
the cursor over a symbol) when animation is
running. The Range and Rotary 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 if the
animation menu is closed.
Weather application (North America only)
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