Avoidance Maneuvers - Honeywell IntuVue RDR-4000 Pilot's Manual

AVOIDANCE MANEUVERS

When considering avoidance maneuvers keep the following in mind:
Never deviate under a storm cell or the associated anvil.
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Plan deviations on the upwind side of storm cells to avoid turbulence
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generated downwind of convection, which may not be detectable by
the radar.
When flying between storm cells allow at least 40 nm separation.
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Damaging hail can be thrown at least 20 nm from the storm cell by
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upper level winds.
Avoid all yellow, red, or magenta areas, particularly if they can be
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associated with convective activity.
Avoid any cells associated with Hail or Lightning Icons by a minimum
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of 20 nm.
In areas where the REACT field is shown, expect the possibility of
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weather that may need to be avoided (see page 17).
Establish an avoidance plan before getting within 40 nm of the cells
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to allow time to negotiate a deviation with ATC. (See PLANNING A
PATH on page 42 for more information).
Consider the height of a storm cell when planning avoidance.
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Avoid all green, yellow, red, and magenta areas of cells taller than
28,000 ft by at least 20 nm.
o Cells exceeding 35,000 ft should be considered extremely
hazardous and additional separation (in addition to the 20 nm)
should be used.
MAN MODE:
SLICE AT 10,000 FT
(10,000 FT BELOW A/C)
Simplified Operating Procedures
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IntuVue RDR-4000 Weather Radar Pilot's Guide
AUTO WEATHER
MODE
MAN MODE:
SLICE AT 20.000 FT
(AT A/C ALTITUDE)
MAN MODE:
SLICE AT 30,000 FT
(10,000 FT ABOVE A/C)
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Rev 7, February 2015