Weather @ Sun & Fun?

[Mcstealth]

Saw a brief news clip that weather had damaged planes in Lakeland Fl. Anyone have more details?

[flight2000]

http://www.mooneyspace.com/index.cfm?mainaction=posts&forumid=1&threadid=2493#post28081

Towards the bottom you'll see photos and a link to a video that was just released.

[LT4BIRD]

But no Mooney parts......Darn

[richardheitzman]

i was there. Tornado went right over our hanger (hanger C) then touched down right on top of the Cam Air birds, wrapped three of them up like tissue paper, then bounced out into the grassy area and sucked up some more planes. It was a mess.

[ChristianGodin]

I am a newly ifr rated pilot from Canada flying in the state once in a while. I am flying a M20J. In canada we used mostly Nav Canada for weather information. There is every thing needed for ifr flying related to weather. Calling fss is to confirm the weather or insurance purposes leaving a trace. In the state I used ADDS AViation digital data service (NOAA's) since I am not allowed to use Duats (Canadian pilot licence). My question is the following: Where can I get the floor and the top of clouds for a specific region? Any answer would be greatly appreciated. 

I am a french Canadian; my written english might be a bit off.

[moodychief]

Christian,

Have you ever learned to read skew-t charts?  They are only updated every 12 hours but give the upper air soundings from the weather balloons.  I look at the soundings for reporting stations along my flight to get an idea of what is happening in the atmosphere.  I usually go to the UNISYS skew-t map site.  You can not only tell the tops and bottoms you can also interpret where the layers are.

[ChristianGodin]

Quote: moodychief

Christian,

Have you ever learned to read skew-t charts?  They are only updated every 12 hours but give the upper air soundings from the weather balloons.  I look at the soundings for reporting stations along my flight to get an idea of what is happening in the atmosphere.  I usually go to the UNISYS skew-t map site.  You can not only tell the tops and bottoms you can also interpret where the layers are.

[201er]

Good source for Skew T:

http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/

And as for finding out cloud tops/bottoms... TAFs and Pireps are the easiest way to go.

[moodychief]

http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/skew/

http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/skew/details.php

The first URL is for the actual site to view the most recent charts.  The second URL has an explanation on how to read the charts.  Let me know if you need more help.