Wx forecast tools

[ethosunum]

For just a few days out, what out there is available for trying to forecast ceilings and winds. Other than the straight up normal weather forecasts and 48hr prog chart.

Looking at things that

i just found this: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/forecast/graphics/MAV/
which looked interesting for trying to look at forecast ceilings.

 

[Direct C51]

This website is pretty decent http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi

 

[poadeleted20]

For more than TAF range (i.e., more than 24-30 hours), I use the MAV MOS Graphics.

 

[DrPappy]

I also like Air Sports Net, or MOS Graphics. If I just want a feel for a little further out, I look at Weather Underground, or the local TV station's 1-minute forecast on the net for a bird's eye view of future weather trends.

 

[kenjr]

www.windyty.com as well is pretty cool. Just enter your city/area and it'll give you a nice chart showing predictive ceilings, etc... for a few days out. I've found it to be fairly accurate.

 

[DrPappy]

www.windyty.com as well is pretty cool. Just enter your city/area and it'll give you a nice chart showing predictive ceilings, etc... for a few days out. I've found it to be fairly accurate.

Looks like a pretty cool site, thanks!

 

[ethosunum]

here is another one to look at
http://aviationweather.gov/flightpath
java applet zoom able with overlayed data sets wind, temp, etc etc.

there seems to be quite a bit of stuff like the MOS graphics and this flight path tool buried around on gov sites.

 

[exncsurfer]

www.windyty.com as well is pretty cool. Just enter your city/area and it'll give you a nice chart showing predictive ceilings, etc... for a few days out. I've found it to be fairly accurate.

wow, that is cool!, did you read 'about' on that site, pretty awesome pet project.

 

[MAKG1]

Guys, just be real careful.

ALL these sites get their data from the same source -- a specific model run by NCEP.

And that source isn't very good at predicting ceilings more than a day or so out.

Just because it's there, and perhaps pretty, doesn't mean it's right.

TAFs, when applied, are about as good as you're going to get from any of the sources listed. And they were wrong yesterday at KSJC late afternoon. Sky clear, 8 knots wind, my behind. It was actually few at 2500, gusty winds up to 20 knots, changing to scattered at 2500 with much calmer winds.

 

[oilburner]

For a quick look at winds a couple of days out:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...-100.319&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical

 

[sourdough44]

The simple and free aviation weather.gov works pretty good for me.