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posted 5/7/2020 5:08:39 AM HOT
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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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You'll never see GAFOR, METAR and most TAF that far out: the data simply does not exist. That isn't how GAFOR, METAR and TAF work. Exceptionally, a TAF will have a longer life, and SkyDemon will include that. This is basic aeronautical weather information and I assume you know that.

Other weather things like wind, temperature, visibility are available through models like GFS for many days in advance but we currently only include wind, as there simply hasn't been much demand for the other stuff and there are plenty of decent weather-specialised apps out there.
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Tim Dawson - 5/11/2020 2:28:43 PM
You'll never see GAFOR, METAR and most TAF that far out: the data simply does not exist. That isn't how GAFOR, METAR and TAF work. Exceptionally, a TAF will have a longer life, and SkyDemon will include that. This is basic aeronautical weather information and I assume you know that.

Other weather things like wind, temperature, visibility are available through models like GFS for many days in advance but we currently only include wind, as there simply hasn't been much demand for the other stuff and there are plenty of decent weather-specialised apps out there.

I totally agree. Extrapolation and interpretation of far future weather data requires special skills for judgement.
Who is able to do that, don't need it in Skydemon but uses the original data, the others - shouldn't use it.
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screen - 5/7/2020 5:08:39 AM
     If you require additional, non-aviation-specific weather information,...
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
     Tim, I understand SD's position regarding product enhancement,...
hairy_kiwi - 5/8/2020 11:05:57 AM
     It isn't clear what sort of weather data you're actually talking...
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
     You'll never see GAFOR, METAR and most TAF that far out: the data...
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
     The weatherforecast from MFD was very good and I also miss this...
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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