In article 1123617945.304661@sj-nntpcache-5, Dave Butler
wrote:
With winds aloft, again, it seems to have preflight value, but limited value
once airborne.

Pretend you're the XM sales rep and convince me I should go for the
high-price
spread.


I've had the high-priced version for a few months, and I am thinking of
dropping down to the Lite. I have a StrikeFinder, so lightning isn't
important to me (and the WxWorx lightning is not a good substitute
anyway). Echo tops can help judge the trends of precip echos, but if
something is heavy I'm probably going to steer clear anyway. Storm cell
tracking would be useful for identifying intensity, cell tops, and
direction so that you don't alter course into a cell. All of the
"extra" stuff in the full subscription is useful, but I suspect that the
Lite subscription is enough for most folks who fly down low.

When the weather uplink has saved me from trouble, it's been NEXRAD and
METARs that have done the saving, in combination with my StrikeFinder.

You can apparently switch between the full and Lite versions without
penalty.


JKG