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    • CaptTH
      CaptTH | Premium last edited by

      I am a new Private Pilot and the Altitude issue still confuses me. Imagine flying a small Cessna and planning a flight from Watsonville CA to Lake Tahoe CA.
      Watsonville is 100' above sea level. So SURFACE setting of Windy is ok to check the winds at the surface level.
      But Lake Tahoe airport is almost at 6,300' above sea level...

      So, when I want to get an idea the winds on the surface at Lake Tahoe do I need to set my slider to 6000' level or should I leave the slider at Surface setting?

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      • Yves70
        Yves70 Meteorologist | Premium last edited by

        @CaptTH
        See the post here : https://community.windy.com/topic/5014/windspeed-and-direction-different-heights

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          UlmGilbert @CaptTH last edited by

          @captth you have to set slider at 6000ft... or sea the wind chart at 6000ft

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          • idefix37
            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @CaptTH last edited by idefix37

            @captth said in Altitude-Altitude & Altitude...:

            So, when I want to get an idea the winds on the surface at Lake Tahoe do I need to set my slider to 6000' level or should I leave the slider at Surface setting?

            Leave the altitude at Surface setting.
            6000’ level provides parameters in free atmosphere, not near the ground.
            As explained in the post of @Gkikas-LGPZ ... "low levels (especially Surface) are terrain-following".
            In Windy by selecting Airports you can rely on METAR / TAF too.

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            • idefix37
              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @UlmGilbert last edited by

              @ulmgilbert
              You are wrong. See my post here above.

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