My own hot tip on a tour around Ireland, is to be as flexible as you can with regard to the weather. In case you hadn't realised, there is a very good reason why the country is so green! Anyway, the tip is to plan your destinations but delay finalising your route until a final check on the really good US Air Force weather guide for Europe found at
http://www.phd.nl/aviation/wx/ Use the top left corner menu which says "make your selection.." and then scroll down to "Fronts and SLP" and look for the USAF Surface Analysis charts. I have shown an example picture below and they go up to 5 days ahead. With this rough guide you can adjust your route to take account of the forecast fronts over the coming days. Last year there were 4 fronts forecast to blast through Ireland (as they do) during our tour. By taking this into account, we reversed our plan from Northbound to Southbound and flew in between each front arriving and depositing its load. Standard procedure was to fly in the sunshine and scuttle in quickly to be in the pub before the Heavens opened. We still got our TAFS etc, but with a good big picture overview we never got stuck. I have used this site for quite a while now (as a long term guide) and it has saved me a fortune in coffee at wet airfields. God Bless America!!!!
