Simrad NSO-II User Manual

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Weather | NSO-II Operator Manual
Weather symbology
Precipitation
Shades of color are used to show precipitation type and intensity. Darkest color indicates
highest intensity.
Precipitation type Color codes
Rain From light green (light rain) - yellow - orange - to dark red (heavy
rain)
Snow Blue
Mixed Pink
Sea surface temperature (SST)
Can be shown as color shading or text.
When color coding is selected, the SST color bar will be shown on the left side of the
display.
You can dene which temperature range that shall be color coded as described later in
this section.
Wave indication
Colors are used to indicate forecasted wave height. Dark red indicate the highest waves,
while blue are used for the lowest.
You can dene which height range shall be color coded as described later in this section.
Wind symbols
Length and rotation of the barbs indicate wind direction and speed.
Adjusting the color shading
You can dene the sea surface temperature range and wave height color coding.
The temperature above warm and below cool values will be displayed as progressively
darker red and darker blue.
Waves higher than the maximum value will be indicated with progressively darker red.
Waves lower than the minimum value will not be color coded.
Weather icons
Several weather icons are available to show current or predicted weather conditions. You
can tap an icon to display detailed weather information.
Icon Description
City forecast
Surface observation
Tropical storm tracking; past (grey) - present (red) - future (yellow)
Hurricane (category 1-5) tracking; past (grey) - present (red) - future (yellow)
Tropical disturbance/depression tracking; past (grey) - present (red) - future
(yellow)
Storm attributes
Lightning
Watch box location and warning
Marine zone location
Weather overlay transparency
The opaqueness of the weather overlay can be adjusted.
Direction

Simrad NSO-II Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	NSO-II
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English