UAV Forecast - Great Website & App for checking wind at specified height, weather, and other important factors before flying!

[hueman]

After searching for a decent current & forecast weather app that can give me more UAV specific details, this one seems to fit the bill very nicely!

UAV Forecast

UAV Forecast

Also see GPS satellites, solar activity (Kp), No-Fly Zones and flight restrictions, all in one convenient tool

You can use the form on that website and download the apps from there too.

Here are all the various factors and settings:

Max Wind (mph)
Wind Altitude (feet)
Include Gusts

Min Temperature (°C)
Max Temperature (°C)
Adjust For Wind Chill

Max Precip Prob (%)
Max Cloud Cover (%)
Min Visibility (miles)

Min GPS Sats Visible
GPS Elevation Mask (°)
Include GLONASS Sats
Include Galileo Sats

Min Est. GPS Sats Locked
Max Kp

Show Daylight Hours Only
Show Cloud Base (subscribers only)
Show Max Wind Altitude (subscribers only)

SETTINGS:

Wind mphkm/hknotsm/sbft
Altitude feet/m
Temperature C/F
Visibility miles/km

 

[Phaedrus]

UAV Forecast is a very useful tool. I use it along with Kittyhawk and SkyVector for flight planning.

 

[Fred Garvin]

X2. I actually paid for it to get more days out, however the accuracy of the longer range forecasts will keep me from renewing that. The free couple days is fine.

Many, many here use UAV Forecast. I’ve got Kittyhawk and Skyview but haven’t used them much. I need a good LAANC source now.

 

[Phaedrus]

LAANC is available at participating airports through Kittyhawk.