Frequently Asked Questions
Using this site
Can't figure it out? Click on the white tab on the left edge and start clicking around. Or, you can read some ofthe details here:
- Overview: Using clicks, double-clicks, right-clicks...
- How the map, pop-up windows and menus work
- What all these crazy Icons mean (there are nearly 100 in use, but fortunately they follow a pattern!)
Data Sources
Where does all this data come from, and how often is it updated?
Additional Weather and Flight Restrictions Details
Stuff your CFI told you, but you're a little fuzzy on the details... This will provide more background on what some of these weather services cover, how we use and present this information to you.
- SIGMETs
- Pilot Reports
- Winds Aloft...Not just the raw data, but what about those dotted lines between some of the numbers?
- Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), even the "permanent" ones over Disneyland.
- Surface Analysis overlay (Cold fronts, warm fronts...)
- Solar and Lunar events data calculation I know when the moon rises because I'm psychic... and NOAA helps
Other support
- Known Problems Other than simply anyone still using IE6, here are some other pointers. Seriously, flying a 50 year-old airframe is one thing. A ten year old browser is really scary.
- Email... Please! No point my having a website if you don't understand how it works, or if it's not working for you. Menu:
External links
- www.aviationweather.gov/std_brief: US government weather links for pilot Standard Briefing. It's all here, but spread across so many different pages.