Overview

 There is nothing more reassuring to inflight safety, and overall enjoyment than being able to read the nuances in the weather outside the cockpit window.  Short term forecasts of weather systems affecting your area have become really accurate, but the time frame, intensity and position are often off by hours, degrees and miles.  In addition, the small scale weather systems found in our atmosphere are highly dynamic and impossible to forecast to the precision a pilot often needs.  

This highly visual module is design to teach you how to be in tune with what is going on around the aircraft, so you can fine tune a forecast. The ever changing atmosphere nearly always gives you a number of signs on what to expect next, you just need to know what to look for.

Objective

LEARN HOW TO READ THE SKY

FINE-TUNE YOUR FORECAST INFLIGHT

MANAGE ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE

BE IN-TUNE WITH WEATHER SYSTEMS

ANTICIPATE TURBULENCE

SEE THE TRENDS OF CHANGING WEATHER 

FLY CONFIDENTLY WITH BETTER AWARENESS

Subject Areas

  • Lift, Sink, and the Perfect Ride
  • Turbulence
  • Weather Trends
  • The Visual Forecast
  • Wind  
  • Atmospheric Stability
  • Energy Lines
  • Convergence
  • Weather Systems
    • Large scale
    • Micro scale

Who can benefit from this course:
Anyone who would like to stay ahead of the weather inflight.