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helimozza 29th Sep 2007 08:22

U.K Weather Reports
 
As i am PPlH pliot which is the best place on the web to find out about weather conditions ?
I currently use microlight.info for cloud base ,qhn and vis and bbc for the forecast ,is there any better sites for us ppl's to look at before we fly .

The Nr Fairy 29th Sep 2007 08:33

I use http://www.avbrief.com/ and http://secure.metoffice.com/aviation/index.jsp

You'll need to register (free for non-subscriber services) for both.

ShyTorque 29th Sep 2007 08:47

And of course, if you haven't already done so, while you're at it, it's a great idea to register for this site, too:

http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/login.jsp;...422922!80!7002

Bravo73 29th Sep 2007 10:18

The MetOffice and Avbrief are also the two sites that I consult most often.

:ok:

Gaseous 29th Sep 2007 15:36

I use Notam Check Software. It downloads notams, plots them on a map and also downloads and decodes TAFs and Metars. I also give the freephone red arrows number a ring too. I have no links other than as a satisfied user. (Actually I'm not flying anywhere at the moment - recently bust my back. ouch)

Sgtfrog 29th Sep 2007 16:54

This is a good site for all things aviation

http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/

Flying Bull 29th Sep 2007 17:55

You can get Metar and TAF from worldwide places via
METAR

You can easily set up your own page like
www.polizeifliegerstaffel.de/Briefing did

Greetings Flying Bull

johned0 29th Sep 2007 23:35

How about these links :

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/obs...tions/EGNX.TXT
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/for...tions/EGNX.TXT
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/for...tions/EGNX.TXT

Just replace the ICAO codes with which ever code you want. Being text files they work on the simplest PDA or mobile phone as well.

Cheers,

John

nehp 21st Jan 2008 10:36

Weather reports
 
Just picking up the pieces after 18 months off flying,about to start my commercial flight course and was wondering if anyone could advise the best/easiest way of gathering weather info for flight planning.I currently use the met office site but would appreciate feedback if anybody knows of other/better sites

Cheers

NEHP

Flingingwings 21st Jan 2008 10:43

Aside from the Met office

xcweather.co.uk
or
http://fly.dsc.net

Both are easy to use :ok:

FW

heli-mad 21st Jan 2008 12:22

All the above plus

http://en.allmetsat.com/

go to UK and just click on th nearest airport. It will give you METAR/ and short/long TAF's

Cheers

H-M:ok:

NLJ 21st Jan 2008 15:21

Try: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/

Click on "MPEG-Film" under the main image and the satellite sequence which follows will give you a good idea of whats going on, in addition to any information you may have got from the sites already mentioned. Of those, AVBRIEF is one of the best and also has Radar images as well as route briefings and info on Notams.

NLJ

Droopy 21st Jan 2008 17:57

Avbrief charges for the radar and notams though....

Hughes500 21st Jan 2008 18:54

Most accurate is looking out the window or asking someone at your destination. It might be me but in the last 20 years I am sure the forecast accuracy has got worse. Last week flying from Dunkeswell to pvt site in Glos.
Metars and Tafs gave 35 kts gusting 48 at Bristol, much the same at Filton usefully Glos was not giving any info. 40 mins after getting the info on finals to my site, Filton ( 9 miles away ) gave the surface wind as 7 kts ???????:eek:

T4 Risen 21st Jan 2008 19:03

try having a look at aviation weather europe http://euro.wx.propilots.net/

seems to be quite good with radar pics and taf/actuals etc

JTobias 21st Jan 2008 19:45

Take a look at http://www.ukga.com, you will need to register (free) and once there it will give you a graphical display of the U.K. weather according to pre-determined colour codes. You can also set your home page to have favourite wx stations and use an RSS feeder.

Joel

nehp 23rd Jan 2008 07:30

Thanks for the feedback.:ok:...not sure how my thread got tagged onto this one,will try all suggstions and take it from there.As I suspected there are no hard and fast rules to this!

manfromuncle 23rd Jan 2008 08:48

I use this link to see all the synoptic charts for the next few days. (The met office charges for this service!)

Very useful to see what fronts are heading to the UK

http://meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm


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