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For years I owned a WX-8 StormScope and got accustomed to deviating around weather by a fair margin. Why? Because as far as weather depiction goes, the WX-8 is one step up from a caveman starting a fire by rubbing two sticks together. It was fine for a "don't go there" analysis. But between radial spread and the block diagrams, it was difficult to try to figure out exactly how wide an area of convective activity existed. I just picked up my Mooney tonight and got a firsthand view of the power of today's spheric detection equipment. The unit I installed was a pre-owned WX-500 unit sold to me by AeroDon (thanks Don!). It is interfaced with both my Aspen MFD and GTN unit. All I can say is WOW! Hats off to the folks at Agape Avionics. Works as advertised and more. The storm front moving in is still a bit out, but this is the storm the WX-500 is seeing: The Aspen depicting the StormScope page full screen: The GTN showing the approaching storm: The Aspen in split screen mode showing the convective activity and the navigation page (I turned the airplane to confirm the heading mode was working): So, now for the questions! You didn't think you would get off that easy? Either that or you were expecting Marauder to show off one of his prize catches? For those of you familiar with the WX-500, Aspens and GTN; what does the XRATE on the Aspen mean? How about the "Cell" rate on the GTN? I also suspect there is some logic that applied to whether something is classified as a "strike" versus a "cell". What is the definition?