Predicting "Weather Windows"

tweaker · Jul 28, 2015

With all this useless weather for flying at the moment due to rain what are you using to predict "weather windows?"

How good/reliable/ease of use is the app/forecast you are using?

Using UAV forecast personally and found it pretty good. Just wanting to find out if there is better/more reliable or something to use as a back up to cross reference etc

T

lake_flyer · Jul 28, 2015

I use UAV Weather Forcast as well as the Dutch METEO Institute KNMI for aviation and maritime weather bulletins.

And my neighbours site, he's a weather specialist and cartography officer in the Navy and usually has a spot on forcast. But that's very local, not of much use to the rest of the world.

I also have a weather alarm app on my cellphone that's pretty accurate in predicting storms, Cb's and showers up to 2 hours upfront, with very fresh radar and satellite images so at least you know when to break off your flight. I'm sure there are many apps to provide this service.

damoncooper · Jul 28, 2015

tweaker said:
With all this useless weather for flying at the moment due to rain what are you using to predict "weather windows?"

How good/reliable/ease of use is the app/forecast you are using?

Using UAV forecast personally and found it pretty good. Just wanting to find out if there is better/more reliable or something to use as a back up to cross reference etc

T

UAV forecast is awesome:

http://www.uavforecast.com

Windyty is also excellent for forecasting micro weather including visualized wind speed and direction at surface and aloft:

https://www.windyty.com/

lake_flyer · Jul 28, 2015

damoncooper said:
UAV forecast is awesome:

http://www.uavforecast.com

Windyty is also excellent for forecasting micro weather including visualized wind speed and direction at surface and aloft:

https://www.windyty.com/

Nice!