Aviation Weather

Aviation Weather

Dr Jack's BLIPMAPS are the best forecasting tool available yet. He provides contour plots showing expected thermal strength and the top of convection as well as several other parameters. They are usually available by 0000z for the next day. If you check nightly it will help determine whether or not the next day is going to be the day you do not want to miss.

www.drjack.net

BLIPMAPS
SOSA
Flying area

latest:
strength
cloud tops
thermal tops

previous:
strength
cloud tops
thermal tops

Java Tephigrams from NOAA can also be used to predict the thermal strength and top of convection. These interactive plots allow you to insert the expected high temperature of the day at ground level by clicking on the graph. The software then draws the wet and dry adiabats telling you how high the lift will go, and if it will be a blue day or a Cu day.

Nav Canada's comprehensive web site for flight planning and weather (METARs and TAFs). There is online help on the site.	Click above for satellite and radar imagery, and pressure maps. Click here for TODAY'S MAP.	Unisys aviation weather.	Canada's Weather Network website.
Latest Kitchener sounding	Rob Russell's Weather Website

dragonnorth.com site weather links...helpful weather maps here. Here is a nearly real-time atmospheric sounding display available on the Web. It provides the normal tephigram output that we are accustomed to as well as providing wind speed and direction at altitude. On this output it is called a SkewT diagram and it is produced hourly (so long as the site is not obscured by cloud). Sites available in Canada are somewhat limited but could still be useful. Click here for a map of eastern North America and then click on the site for which you would like a sounding . It is recommended that you read or download the "General Information" which describes the meaning of the chart in general and also the various indices listed to the right of the chart. There is a sounding available for the Toronto area (CYYZ on the map). Submitted by Larry Springford.
Environment Canada website links
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