Garmin 396 Weather avoidance..

I'm guessing that a very small percentage of those who frequent this
newsgroup fly airplanes with onboard weather radar. OTOH, there are hundreds
if not thousands who have multifunction displays. My comments are directed
to that group.

Bob Gardner

"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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Bob Gardner wrote:

Honestly don't know whether it was Center or terminal, but I suspect that
it was Center. The whole discussion was about delays. In precipitation
mode, the image is updated every 4 to 6 minutes. This link gives the NWS
explanation of NEXRAD.
http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/radinfo/radinfo.html. The WARP (Weather and
Radar Processor) system, which is the weather display at Center consoles,
suggests further delays as the radar information is processed (duh). I
have been beating the drums, writing letters to the editor, etc, to try
to eliminate the phrase "real-time weather" from articles and
advertisements. NO ONE gets real-time weather, not even the folks at the
NWS radar sites.

Only airborne weather radar provides real-time echos.

Bob Gardner wrote:
I'm guessing that a very small percentage of those who frequent this
newsgroup fly airplanes with onboard weather radar. OTOH, there are hundreds
if not thousands who have multifunction displays. My comments are directed
to that group.

Whatever. That doesn't change the fact that only airbrorne weather
radar displays real-time echos.