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Part Two: Section 2
XM Weather
Textual METAR/TAF Code
ThecurrentairportweatherreportsontheTextual
METARpage(andtheairportweatherforecastsonthe
TAFpage,too)usearathercrypticformatoriginally
devisedforteleprinters.Youcanndinformation
aboutthisformatinanFAApublication,Aviation
WeatherFormats:METAR/TAF,whichcanbedown-
loadedfromtheFAAWebsite.
Youmayseethefollowingcodes,whichdiffer
slightlyfromthecodesdescribedintheFAApublica-
tionreferencedabove,atthestartofaMETARonthe
TextualMETARpage:
• SA=METAR—astandardhourlyMETAR
report.
• SP=SPECI—aSpecialReportinserted
betweenregularhourlyMETARstoprovide
late-breakingweathernews.
TAF Page
WhenaGDL69/69Aisinstalled,theTAF(Termi-
nalAerodromeForecast)pageisinsertedintotheWPT
pagegroup,immediatelyaftertheTextualMETAR
page.
Thispageshowsatextmessagegivingaweather
forecast for a particular airport. The format is similar
tothatusedforMETARS,butdescribesaweather
forecast rather than current weather at the particular
airport.
TFR Information
AreaswithTFRs(TemporaryFlightRestrictions)
are shown outlined in yellow on the NAV main page
ofthe500W-seriesandontheMapandXMWeather
pageofboththe400Wand500W-series.More
informationaboutTemporaryFlightRestrictionscan
beseenontheTFRInformationpage,whichcanbe
accessedfromtheMappageortheXMWeatherpage.
1a. With the Map page (the second page of the
NAV page group) displayed, press the small
right knob to bring up the map pointer.
or
1b. With the XM Weather page (the third page
of the NAV page group) displayed, press the
MENU key to bring up the Page Menu. Then,
turn the large right knob to highlight “Show
Map Pointer” and press ENT to bring up the
map pointer.
2. Turn the large and small right knobs to move
the map pointer to the yellow boundary of a
TFR region. When the map pointer is within
the TFR region, its boundary will be highlighted
with a wider yellow line.
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