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Perhaps may of you have already used the AOPA's Internet Flight
Planner. I'm assuming that the software is powered by Jeppesen's Internet Flight Planner. I have noticed that you can overlay the winds aloft on the chart. It looks to me that the winds aloft information presented on this program is much more detailed than the winds aloft available from www.aviationweather.gov. For example, you have a lot more winds aloft stations than the aviationweather.gov on the map. It also looks to me that the winds aloft can be attained in the increment of less than 3000ft, which is not possible in aviationweather.gov. Does anybody know where this software is getting this winds aloft data from? How reliable is this? -- i.e.) winds aloft at 7500ft and 8000ft are indicated slightly different. I was looking at the help file on the AOPA's Internet Flight Planner, but no further information was provided. I am curious to see if there are many other winds aloft stations than just the ones available at aviationweather.gov. |
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On Mar 10, 1:45*am, Hiro wrote:
Perhaps may of you have already used the AOPA's Internet Flight Planner. *I'm assuming that the software is powered by Jeppesen's Internet Flight Planner. *I have noticed that you can overlay the winds aloft on the chart. *It looks to me that the winds aloft information presented on this program is much more detailed than the winds aloft available fromwww.aviationweather.gov. *For example, you have a lot more winds aloft stations than the aviationweather.gov on the map. *It also looks to me that the winds aloft can be attained in the increment of less than 3000ft, which is not possible in aviationweather.gov. *Does anybody know where this software is getting this winds aloft data from? *How reliable is this? -- i.e.) winds aloft at 7500ft and 8000ft are indicated slightly different. I was looking at the help file on the AOPA's Internet Flight Planner, but no further information was provided. *I am curious to see if there are many other winds aloft stations than just the ones available at aviationweather.gov. I also just noticed that the New Flight Path Tool (Java Tool) provided by aviationweather.gov also provides much more detailed winds aloft information. How is this possible while there are less number of stations available on their FB report? |
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Hiro wrote:
On Mar 10, 1:45 am, Hiro wrote: For example, you have a lot more winds aloft stations than the aviationweather.gov on the map. It also looks to me that the winds aloft can be attained in the increment of less than 3000ft, which is not possible in aviationweather.gov. I also just noticed that the New Flight Path Tool (Java Tool) provided by aviationweather.gov also provides much more detailed winds aloft information. How is this possible while there are less number of stations available on their FB report? interpolation? |
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On Mar 10, 3:19*am, Tman wrote:
Hiro wrote: On Mar 10, 1:45 am, Hiro wrote: * *For example, you have a lot more winds aloft stations than the aviationweather.gov on the map. *It also looks to me that the winds aloft can be attained in the increment of less than 3000ft, which is not possible in aviationweather.gov. * I also just noticed that the New Flight Path Tool (Java Tool) provided by aviationweather.gov also provides much more detailed winds aloft information. *How is this possible while there are less number of stations available on their FB report? interpolation? At first, I was thinking that this could be just the interpolation. However, I could not find any information that those are interpolated information. Where in the official document did you find that information? |
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On Mar 10, 6:02*pm, Hiro wrote:
On Mar 10, 3:19*am, Tman wrote: Hiro wrote: On Mar 10, 1:45 am, Hiro wrote: * *For example, you have a lot more winds aloft stations than the aviationweather.gov on the map. *It also looks to me that the winds aloft can be attained in the increment of less than 3000ft, which is not possible in aviationweather.gov. * I also just noticed that the New Flight Path Tool (Java Tool) provided by aviationweather.gov also provides much more detailed winds aloft information. *How is this possible while there are less number of stations available on their FB report? interpolation? At first, I was thinking that this could be just the interpolation. However, I could not find any information that those are interpolated information. *Where in the official document did you find that information? If you look at the data for the reported altitudes, you can check to see if the winds given at the in-between altitudes are interpolated values. My guess is they are. |
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Hiro wrote:
Where in the official document did you find that information? i was just guessing... T |
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