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WeatherNet 'Weather-on-Demand' User guide Table of Contents WeatherNet 'Weather-on-Demand' .................................................................................................................5 What is WeatherNet? ...............................................................................................................................6 New Features of Version 5 ......................................................................................................................7 Route and Departure Planning ...........................................................................................................8 GRIB Met Portal Wizard Changes .....................................................................................................9 Thermocline and Sub-Surface Temperatures ..................................................................................10 WeatherNet Setup ..................................................................................................................................12 First Launch ......................................................................................................................................13 Re-launches ......................................................................................................................................15 Demo Registration ............................................................................................................................16 New User Active Account Registration ............................................................................................17 Returning or Upgrading Account Registration .................................................................................18 Using the WeatherNet Wizard ................................................................................................................19 Content Pages ..................................................................................................................................20 GRIB Weather ............................................................................................................................21 Weather Charts ...........................................................................................................................22 Text Weather ...............................................................................................................................23 Satellite Imagery .........................................................................................................................30 Buoy ............................................................................................................................................31 Ocean Data .................................................................................................................................32 Fishing Data ................................................................................................................................33 Model Preferences Page ..................................................................................................................35 GRIB Weather models ...............................................................................................................37 Fishing and Ocean data .............................................................................................................39 Specialty GRIB Products ............................................................................................................40 Control Pages ...................................................................................................................................42 Home Location ............................................................................................................................43 GPS .............................................................................................................................................44 Account Gateway Settings .........................................................................................................45 Using the Portal Mode ...........................................................................................................................47 How to Use Portal Mode ..................................................................................................................48 Map and Map Controls .....................................................................................................................49 Wizard Quick Access Icons ..............................................................................................................51 Control Icons .....................................................................................................................................53 Data Handling Preferences ..............................................................................................................54 Content Tree .....................................................................................................................................57 Viewing Your Downloads ..................................................................................................................59 Using the Routing Service .....................................................................................................................60 Quick Steps to your WeatherNet Route ...........................................................................................61 I do not already have Polars ......................................................................................................62 I already have created or imported polars .................................................................................63 ...and start date, time, start or finish location needs to change ...........................................64 ...and do not need to change any route info ........................................................................65 Polars ................................................................................................................................................66 Route Planning .................................................................................................................................68 Get Route Now .................................................................................................................................71 2 Routing File Formats and Save Locations .......................................................................................73 Departure Plan ..................................................................................................................................74 Requesting from the Content Tree ...................................................................................................77 Route Formats and Save Location ..................................................................................................79 If a Route Calculation is Incomplete ................................................................................................80 Using Basic Mode ..................................................................................................................................81 How to Use Basic Mode ..................................................................................................................82 Map and Map Controls .....................................................................................................................83 Content Buttons ................................................................................................................................85 Personalities ................................................................................................................................86 Download List ...................................................................................................................................87 Basic Mode Control Icons ..........................................................................................................89 After Download .................................................................................................................................90 Using Library Mode ................................................................................................................................91 How to Use Library Mode ................................................................................................................93 Menus ...............................................................................................................................................94 Toolbar ..............................................................................................................................................98 Content Library ...............................................................................................................................100 Batch Operations ............................................................................................................................108 New Batch ................................................................................................................................109 Batch Enabling/Disabling ..........................................................................................................112 Batch Management Pop-Up .....................................................................................................113