Hi,
Weather radar ? sure.
Anyway it was a possibilty to have a great help ..... from the weather satellite(s) ..
Air France dispatch sended (ACARS) at 00H31 (BEA report p 61)
BONJOUR AF447.METEO EN ROUTE SAILOR:PHOT SAT DE 0000Z:
CONVECTION ZCIT SALPU/TASIL .- PREVI CAT:NIL.-SLTS DISPATCH
This was a old satellite meteo report.
Nevertheless was available a other satellite imagery dated from two hours before the AF447 approach the bad zone.
This was not sended to AF447.
AF447 had only a TEMSI outdated of 24 hours.
What is the point to have old weather report for planning a flight?