"BT" wrote:
Soaring Forecast? as far as finding out the Thermal Index.. not really
Getting general TAF and Winds Aloft and the all important NOTAMS (GPS
Jamming, TFRs, Airports Closed, Temporary Towers for airshows)
Priceless..

Fox Two wrote:
I Agree.

After checking Dr. Jack's, Unisys, and looking at the Skew't I may
think that it will be a beautiful day, but then after checking DUAT I
realise that it wouldn't be safe - due to forecast surface winds or
thunderstorms or whatever. I consider the DUAT forecast to be my
safety check: "Is it safe to fly today?!"

I use to use Duats when I was on dialup , but dropped it as soon as I
could high speed access was available. The biggest problem was 90% of
what it sent me was worthless to me, making it hard to dig out the
useful 10%. Is that still the case, or can you tailor what you get, so
you only get what's useful to you?

Currently, I just click on one bookmark, which opens a tabbed window
with Blipmaps, the interactive soundings from NOAA, satellite loops from
UCAR, point forecasts and prog charts from NOAA, TFRs from NIFC (more
reliable and up to date the FAA TFR site), and NOTAMS from the FAA. How
would Duats improve on this, other than recording you came to the site?

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