US aviation weather?

sstaurus · Post by **sstaurus** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:57 pm

Is there no real equivalent to NavCanada's GFAs in the US? I'm right on the edge of the Ontario GFA in CYQT, so I click on the American Aviation Weather link at the bottom of NavCanada's page to get the weather thats cut-off right nearby, but the US maps seem to lack anywhere near the detail of NavCanada's GFAs... am I looking in the wrong place? Or are ours just that much better? How do US pilots forecast their weather with a shoddy-pixelated map that just has isobars and fronts labelled..?

I know there are multiple charts with icing, convection, turbulence, etc but it doesn't even seem to mention cloud types, ceilings, or anything detailed close up like our GFAs.

Bushav8er · Post by **Bushav8er** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:21 am

The AOPA has excellent weather tools.

http://www.aopa.org/

sstaurus · Post by **sstaurus** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:11 am

ah, guess I can't check it out without a membership though.

Feenix · Post by **Feenix** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:46 pm

http://aviationweather.gov/

national weather service..... ya not much else to say aha happy flying!

slimjim10101 · Post by **slimjim10101** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:48 am

If you go to http://skyvector.com/ they have weather provided from metars. Its a site that has updated WAC Charts and has a circle over select airports and then theres a color key. Check it out. They scan new WAC Charts as they come out and the whole thing is interactive. You can "right click" anywhere on the map and create a flight plan.