Dan Luke wrote:
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote:

Nexrad XM datalink...is a strategic tool, not a
tactical tool.

That is the conventional wisdom, but I suspect it comes more from lawyers
than from pilots experienced with using datalinked NEXRAD.

I used the same wording and I have XM weather and have used it.


I use XM NEXRAD tactically all the time. If there's a growing cell 15 miles
ahead, I will use the NEXRAD picture to decide whether to go left or right
around it based on its history and the location of other cells beyond it.
That's tactical, to me, and it's the best thing about having satellite
weather aboard.


That's strategy not tactics.