Cloud Bases, Cloud Tops, Freezing Level -- should be shown in MSL

Reply to Cloud Bases, Cloud Tops, Freezing Level -- should be shown in MSL on Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:29:37 GMT

Korina — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:29:37 GMT

@OzRunways @waynemcc Hello, thank you for your input, we will think about that.

Reply to Cloud Bases, Cloud Tops, Freezing Level -- should be shown in MSL on Sun, 15 Nov 2020 23:22:40 GMT

OzRunways — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 23:22:40 GMT

You're clearly not an IFR pilot who finds this stuff incredibly useful. Freezing level is useful to people flying in cloud. When in cloud, you fly at a level. Apart from safety height ("I'm somewhere more than 1000ft above the highest terrain nearby"), the terrain is unknown. Knowing the freezing level as a MSL level is 1000x more useful because this is what it's used for.

Reply to Cloud Bases, Cloud Tops, Freezing Level -- should be shown in MSL on Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:22:26 GMT

[[global:former-user]] — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:22:26 GMT

The AGL value is a situational awareness tool for assessing flight conditions suitability within an area. Windy only provides general situational-awareness and forecast trend-mapping, flight safety and go/no-go decisions are always the PIC’s responsibility. Resolutions of WX models are unsuitable for definitive flight decisions. Providing cloud base in MSL sans reference to terrain altitude in MSL along a planned route’s altitude and intended track would actually be more confusing and less useful than providing the cloud base and cloud tops in AGL. AGL is the appropriate value for an initial area WX assessment of the flight conditions. And given Windy's not a flight planning tool per-sec I can't see why MSL would be more suitable or useful. Plus it's not just pilots who use the cloud information.