Anyone using a Skew-T/Log-P App

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something like this? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skewtlogpro/id522720710
i see some good reviews, but wanted a pirep.

WeatherSpork has the data, but that opens up in a browser window, kinda defeats the purpose of having the app and the fidelity that comes with it.

essentially i am looking for a pilot friendly Skew-T app for iWorld i guess
 
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shouda mentioned, need iVersion
 
DoubleD said:
I use SkewTlogPro on my iPhone and really like it. Nothing negative to say about it.
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thanks. is it subscription based? found a old thread on POA that claims it went subscription based a while back
 
Mine was free. There may be a subscription upgrade. Go to the Ap Store and find out.
 
i see the price is $15 which is fine, it doesnt say its subscription based and their website is not very helpful either. b/w is the app interactive or just provide static images?

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why do these app developers not have a 7 day trial?
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I was hoping ForeFlight would add these to their weather products, particularly when they Brought Scott D. on. I'm not sure if he's still working with them though, and further I recall him saying back then then something along the lines of that skewTs would be too complex for folks to interpret without training.
 
Brad Z said:
I was hoping ForeFlight would add these to their weather products, particularly when they Brought Scott D. on. I'm not sure if he's still working with them though, and further I recall him saying back then then something along the lines of that skewTs would be too complex for folks to interpret without training.
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I agree on the complex part, I am going thru Scott s training now and even with that it’s mind boggling. The easy part is the temp dew point spread but there is so much more.

I think I vaguely remember Scott went diff direction and started his WeatherSpork, which has been pretty great and I use it all the time. Not sure if he is with FF or not though.
 
I use it all the time to judge icing conditions and thunderstorm risk.

WannFly said:
is the app interactive or just provide static images?
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A series of static images at one hour intervals. You swipe right and left to go forward and back in time.

A very nice feature is the route. Instead of all images being for a fixed location, the location will change with time, according to the straight-line route that you specify with a certain departure time. Screenshot below, for a point along a route from O’Hare to Oshkosh, where it looks like maybe a risk of icing at 2500’
 
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WannFly said:
something like this? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skewtlogpro/id522720710
i see some good reviews, but wanted a pirep.

WeatherSpork has the data, but that opens up in a browser window, kinda defeats the purpose of having the app and the fidelity that comes with it.

essentially i am looking for a pilot friendly Skew-T app for iWorld i guess
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I use this app. I like it fine but I have not done a lot of comparison.
 
IIRC skewtlogpro is just rucsoundings.noaa.gov under the hood anyway.
 
Had a intro to it in ground school. Have never used it except that someone at the glider field would break it out. That was once in a blue moon.
 
WannFly said:
something like this? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skewtlogpro/id522720710
i see some good reviews, but wanted a pirep.

WeatherSpork has the data, but that opens up in a browser window, kinda defeats the purpose of having the app and the fidelity that comes with it.

essentially i am looking for a pilot friendly Skew-T app for iWorld i guess
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I use that app as well. Works fine and makes it easier to judge the icing risk in winter.
 
Use it, love it. $15 is cheap for an easy to use interface to the data
 
Is there a good online course for interpreting skew ts?
 
Interesting that Scott D responded here about not being at ForeFlight anymore, but has since deleted it.
 
PaulS said:
Thanks, I'll check them out. Scott D will do one on one training, I may do that too, but I'd like to get into it a little first.
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I will explore the 1:1 as well, but without learning the basics, I suspect it won’t be best use of one’s time
 
WannFly said:
I agree on the complex part, I am going thru Scott s training now and even with that it’s mind boggling. The easy part is the temp dew point spread but there is so much more.

I think I vaguely remember Scott went diff direction and started his WeatherSpork, which has been pretty great and I use it all the time. Not sure if he is with FF or not though.
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Scott did some great stuff with ForeFlight, but has moved onto other things, WeatherSpork included.
 
PaulS said:
Is there a good online course for interpreting skew ts?
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Edit. ah, I see @GeorgeC already linked them.

For those who recognize the name, Ed Williams ("Aviation Formulary") did a two part talk on the Skew-T some years ago. I took his audio and PowerPoint slides and, with his permission, put them together into the YouTube videos in this playlist. Part 1 is heavy on parcel theory but is really necessary for understanding the convective information. It's what I used for my self-training.
 
Dave Theisen said:
Interesting that Scott D responded here about not being at ForeFlight anymore, but has since deleted it.
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His activity here is a little strange. Shortly after he posted the message that Foreflight canceled his contract in 2017, I went searching to find an old message thread that I recalled he participated in. It turns out he deleted nearly all of his previous messages on POA. I have no idea why, but it was very unusual.
 
ha thats really strange. i just searched for all content by Scott and found only "..."
 
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