Hi all,
Recently I've been lucky enough to be scheduled for a number of damn early departures. I'll get the schedule a week in advance and get everything planned as soon as possible. Everything except wind velocity and therefore headings, endurance, fuel, and time en route ect.
My question is, does anyone on here have any tips on calculating wind velocity to a usable degree of accuracy without the days forecast winds a day or two ahead of departure? Obviously getting the recent ARFOR before departure to cross check everything but having it done already would save plenty of time and stress. Only thing I can think of is the synoptic chart but and would love to hear how anyone else does it.
Cheers,
Tom