ADS-B Weather

[DrBill]

That  TBM breakup South of Orlando in '14 was using XM on an IPAD to navigate Tstorms. Family of 5 lost due to mid air breakup while flying IFR. Tragic.

Stormscope and radar are the only real time on board WX for tactical use,

Bill

 

[Danb]

13 hours ago, PTK said:

Stormscope is definitely my first choice. But it is very nice to have both.

 

It's interesting that a ts can build, mature and dissipate in as little as 20 minutes which is about the the delay of radar info. 

 

True and very frightening, especially all the folks that are relying solely on the dated products. 

[bradp]

On February 17, 2016 at 0:24 PM, DonMuncy said:

I liked the XM weather best, but I didn't like paying for it.

I didn't like paying for it ether and then I switched to the $9/month "yacht plan" and don't mind so much.  So aye aye captain.  Arrrg.   

I have both ADS-B on the stratus and the GDL-69 for XM because I get no cell reception in my hangar.  I don't have a stormscope.  Only use the radar for strategic avoidance (I set a 40nm wide corridor limit, no line penetration ever even with a gap, must be VMC i.e. avoid embedded risk).  Accidentally once penetrated a small isolated cell for about 30 seconds when IMC (SCT CB and some layered stuff obscuring visual on the tops) and nothing was showing up on the radar at all... Showed up on XM about 5 min later behind me as a blotch of "red".  I remember on a trip from Boston to Pittsburgh  flying into Vermont to go around a line and controllers wondering WTF I was doing not asking for a vector through . I'm more conservative now.  

[laytonl]

I dropped XM long ago.  ADS B with stormscope works well.  Only draw back is ADSB doesn't show distant metars.  Lee