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Good Morning,I have now discussed the weather forecast in SD with several flight colleagues.We came to the conclusion that flight planning with the SD weather tool is very difficult. At the moment it is only possible to plan 5-6 hours in advance with us in Austria.

With the former Jeppeesen program (moible fligth deck) it was possible to check the weather (visibility, base of the clouds, wind, etc.) for about 3 days in advance. (Sorry Tim that I mention MFD again)

The whole thing was possible with a slide controller. See attachementwhat do you think of this possibility?

Greetings Alex




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Tim Dawson - 5/7/2020 11:26:31 AM
If you require additional, non-aviation-specific weather information, may I suggest you use a weather app. There are many out there, some cheap or free, that are very sophisticated and offer detailed weather analysis.

SkyDemon shows aviation-specific weather (METAR, TAF, GAFOR) and winds aloft out to around 2 days ahead. This is plenty for most pilots' needs when you consider the wealth of dedicated weather apps out there to supplement for longer-term planning. We do not currently plan to integrate more weather information for further ahead in time, as we have not observed a big demand for it.

There is no need to post screenshots of other apps or even mention them. We do not implement features just because other apps have them. By all means ask for a feature you would find useful - that's how we judge the features our target market want most - but we are very comfortable with our place in the market.



Hello Tim,
thank you for your answer. Since we mainly fly in the Alps, the weather is very, very important for us !!

Of course there are a lot of other apps for the weather, I think the goal should be to have an app with as much information as possible. The good weather apps cost money again. :-)


Here is an example of flight planning. In the first two pictures you can see the weather for a current (now) departure. 11 May 05:19 UTC

In the next two pictures (pic 3+4), the weather for the planned flight on May 12, 16:00 UTC is visible. Unfortunately, I don't see any more weather data here. Is it because of the settings?

LG Alex

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screen - 5/7/2020 5:08:39 AM
Tim Dawson - 5/7/2020 11:26:31 AM
                         Hello Tim, thank you for your answer. Since we mainly fly in the...
screen - 5/11/2020 5:42:57 AM
hairy_kiwi - 5/8/2020 11:05:57 AM
Tim Dawson - 5/11/2020 9:00:54 AM
                         Just a short remark. The German DWD does publish graphical and grid...
pilot-byom - 5/11/2020 9:57:26 AM
                             Alternatively, there is also "RunwayMap" because there is the whole...
screen - 5/11/2020 10:45:21 AM
                                 You don't need a paid 'App' for the data, all results of underlying...
pilot-byom - 5/11/2020 11:41:45 AM
                         In the first two pictures you can see the weather for a current (now)...
screen - 5/11/2020 10:33:27 AM
Tim Dawson - 5/11/2020 2:28:43 PM
                         I totally agree. Extrapolation and interpretation of far future...
pilot-byom - 5/11/2020 6:37:22 PM
Tom1969 - 5/17/2020 10:01:28 PM
                     Correct me if I'm wrong @screen – I finally saw the feature...
hairy_kiwi - 5/19/2020 1:22:37 PM
                     Yes, exactly, it would be an enormous relief!
screen - 5/29/2020 9:22:57 AM
                         I'd like this too
marioair - 5/29/2020 10:16:47 AM
                             if anyone's interested I'm trying to drum up support for Tim to make...
marioair - 5/29/2020 10:28:49 AM

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