Windmap

[Stephen]

I'm sure most of you have seen this but for those that haven't :

 

http://hint.fm/wind/index.html 

[neilpilot]

Yes, but I prefer this for the forecast value (easier to use):

https://www.windytv.com/?700h,40.451,-101.909,7

[tony]

I just looked at the two side by side, the data is a lot different.  Wonder which one is right?  I do agree the presentation of windyTV is better.  

[Stephen]

Wow, glad I shared ; WindyTV is like a 1000 x better. Installed the app. Love the link to local forecast as well. Thanks Neil & Tony

[Bob - S50]

So far I've been pretty impressed with WindyTV.com.  I was flying from Auburn, WA (S50) to Sand Canyon, WA (1S9) for an Angel Flight and I took a look at Windytv.com.  It showed strong winds (30+ knots) below 10,000' coming across the Cascades from the east.  That meant it would most likely be bumpy.  If I could get up to 10,000' it looked like light winds and a smooth ride.  As I scrolled up and down in altitude, it appeared that Mt. Rainier was creating what I called a wind shadow.  Light winds in a pretty large area just to the west and northwest of the mountain.  It also looked like winds were light at the surface.  I decide to head south (instead of east) down to Puyallup (KPLU) then climb up in the 'shadow' to above 10,000' until heading east.  Sure enough, good ride the entire time.  On the way back we descended through the same shadow but since we needed to go to KBFI (Boeing Field) we had to head north.  Sure enough, even below 3000' it was continuous light and occasional moderate bumps.

[neilpilot]

I used WindyTV.com as a flight plan aid in early Dec16 to plan a long VFR trip from KSDL back home to KAWM.  Was able to plan optimum altitudes to get home with only a single fuel stop (KDTW).  

[Hector]

Pretty cool. Thank you guys for posting. Installed the app.


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[Stephen]