Hi Everyone,
I put together a one hour presentation on how to use Windy for VFR (and some IFR) Flight Planning. Topics include:
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What are weather models and their limitations.
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Which one should you use for flight planning?
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Useful data layers to help with flight planning (cloud bases, fronts, winds aloft, icing, visibility).
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Predicting turbulence due to daytime heating (for those local/sightseeing flights).
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Climate change and how to predict flight conditions in smoke due to forest fires.
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How to use Windy’s route/trip planner to get a profile view of the weather you might encounter.
How to use both real time data (satellite and weather radar) and forecast data. -
Using windy as a supplement to already available weather data from NavCanada/Environment Canada & NOAA/FAA.
Copies of the slides and the presentation can be found here:
https://fly.blakecrosby.com/2023/10/using-windy-for-flight-planning.html