Flyable conditions are wrong

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Flyable conditions are wrong

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Chris_LSZO	Chris_LSZO posted 2/19/2021 3:23:20 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 107, Visits: 149	The new flyable condition layer seems not useful. At the moment in Switzerland we have very good weather to fly, blue sky, GAFOR say the same (O) but the new layer are just red. Chris Edited 2/19/2021 3:34:02 PM by Chris_LSZO
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Sfera72	Sfera72 posted 2/21/2021 8:00:13 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 0	Yes, same here. If SD shows flyable weather this inaccurate, it is not useable. If we would talk about a weather forcast for 5 days, it is ok, but not the actuall conditions.
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Flyable conditions are wrong

Chris_LSZO - 2/19/2021 3:23:20 PM

It all depends on your set individual thresholds, so you may check...

pilot-byom - 2/19/2021 4:37:58 PM

I could set whatever I want, blue sky, 10km visibility and...

Chris_LSZO - 2/19/2021 5:15:33 PM

When you enable the 'Flyable' option you get your parameters shown at...

pilot-byom - 2/19/2021 7:06:09 PM

My settings: Forecast could be wrong, yes. But today the whole...

Chris_LSZO - 2/19/2021 7:57:25 PM

Well, as you can see on the webcam, the sky is completely CAVOK. It...

Frans - 2/19/2021 5:15:06 PM

Yes, same here. If SD shows flyable weather this inaccurate, it is not...

Sfera72 - 2/21/2021 8:00:13 AM

It is a forecast, so there is no wrong or right, only accuracy under...

Tim Dawson - 2/22/2021 10:18:19 AM

Hi Tim, which is the weather model used by SD supplier (e.g. ECMWF,...

Lozzi - 3/26/2021 2:08:23 PM

Chris, if this is ongoing, would you be able to give us a location so...

Tim Dawson - 2/25/2021 10:21:10 AM

Hello, today i have take a look to the weather conditions in...

Tom1969 - 3/1/2021 3:37:46 PM

You're definitely correct that a sandstorm wouldn't be picked up by...

Tim Dawson - 3/2/2021 9:45:10 AM

It does feel a bit buggy from time to time though.. E.g. Innsburck...

b3nn0 - 3/2/2021 11:56:17 AM

It isn't unusual to have a CAVOK island with lots of low cloud around,...

Tim Dawson - 3/3/2021 9:57:54 AM

These patches where certainly not there. It was the clearest of days,...

b3nn0 - 3/3/2021 4:41:38 PM

Great, thanks. Please alert us again if you see the same thing, as we...

Tim Dawson - 3/4/2021 10:18:06 AM

Forecasts will get back to normal once air traffic significantly...

pilot-byom - 3/4/2021 10:34:44 AM

I could be wrong but I don't think the forecast data used for Flyable...

Tim Dawson - 3/5/2021 9:54:56 AM

It is not applied on the level of specific met products, the...

pilot-byom - 3/5/2021 10:44:04 AM

How interesting!

Tim Dawson - 3/8/2021 9:54:35 AM

Here is another wrong condition (webcam from...

TouchTheSky - 3/12/2021 10:53:41 AM

It's generally acknowledged that conditions in the 'boundary layer'...

grahamb - 3/12/2021 11:21:44 AM

Nevertheless I will report the webcam and the forecast to our...

Tim Dawson - 3/15/2021 10:53:06 AM

It isn't as simple as that. Here's what we wrote about it on a recent...

Tim Dawson - 3/26/2021 3:19:36 PM

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