Cloud … Metchecks own GHX model charts out to 240 hours aheadThe Metcheck 7 Day Forecast takes the best from the GFS weather models and displays it in easy to read maps for the UK out to the next 192 hours ahead. CB or TCU is added as needed.
You might have a cloud deck at 4,000 feet MSL across the region, but on the METARs it looks like the ceilings are all over the place, and you have to look up each airport individually and add the elevations to the reported ceilings to see the truth.But I guess the airlines matter more than VFR pilots, because they have the most money.Does a TAF play by the FA rules or the local reports (METARS)?Cloud Bases? In weather reports, clouds are always given in AGL. All altitudes in the FA will be in MSL values because of the size of the coverage area as well as the changing elevations.
Latest high resolution Visible Satellite across the British Isles updated every hour from Meteosat 10.Live weather data from around the country displayed on Google MapsThese are the latest NCEP GFS model weather charts at Metcheck. This is beneficial for IFR pilots as you can easily see how low the weather is and what approach is needed with just a glance at the METAR or just a listen to the ATIS/AWOS/ASOS. The jet stream is identified as winds at 300mb (during Winter) and 200mb (during Summer). If the airport I’m going to reports OVC025, and there’s a 3,000 ft mountain in front of it, it sounds like the mountain peak will be in the clouds and therefore the flight must be IFR (or I must find a way around the mountain).
Cloud height is reported in 3 digits in hundreds of feet.
You probably hear a lot about the Jet Stream in the news. as being AGL or MSL.Our sincere thanks to pilots such as yourself who support AskACFI while helping themselves by using the awesome If it reports a ceiling of 200 then that is right at minimums for most ILS’s. Thing always bugged me is that tho I know what dew point is theyAgl is above ground level having said that its not a direct science as the threshold elevation at egccman is 258ft though I think this is taken to account interestingly when we had 24L 06L 24R 06R it was 249ft this is down to the earth magnetic poles strop. In the 80s the thing that baffles me is why they changed from simple millibar to HP and the one.
Partially obscured is reported as SKC ( if no cloud) or is included with the first layer. /=above overcast 3=dense cirrus; 6=stratus; 9=CB. So if a METAR says OVC010 then that is overcast at 1,000 feet AGL (VFR minimum). We also have forecasts for all the flying clubs around the country. Figure 5: Cloud Coverage Figure 6: Cloud Bases Figure 7: Cloud Tops Precipitation / Weather (PCPN/WX) A color-coded grid of weather type, severity, and likelihood is displayed to indicate forecast precipitation. WEATHER HOBBIES BUSINESS MYMETCHECK WORLD SUMMER OTHER SEARCH Current Forecasts Charts Models Reports Advanced Archive TV Sports Events X; Above Me Now WHERE EAGLES FLY Airmass AIRMASS SATELLITE IMAGES Atlantic Storms OUR STORM NAMES Cloud Content ALL MADE UP Cloud Height Satellite HOW HIGH IS THAT? 98mmm – Minutes of sunshine previous calendar day (0800Z report). Aviation Weather Center Homepage provides comprehensive user-friendly aviation weather Text products and graphics.