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Turbulence Anticipation

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By toddy - 5/4/2014 4:07:22 PM

Hi there,

A user more acquainted with all this meteorology might comment on this. Would it be practical to have a turbulence warning on the vertical profile section using lifted-indexes along the route?

Toddy
By ckurz7000 - 5/6/2014 9:25:31 AM

Hi toddy,

I would support such an idea where areas of turbulence would show up like areas of precipitation on a radar screen. I am not a meteorologist but did some forecasting during soaring competitions and take an active interest in meteorology. There is a lot of data and experience going into turbulence forecasts. So much so, that I believe the accuracy of a forecast based on only a few parameters is very doubtful.

What would, however, be useful is if there were a forecast product available which predicts turbulence in a way that SD can subscribe to it and display it as a map overlay.

Currently, we don't even have precipitation radar in Europe. Flying in the US is a whole different experience. There you get live weather, including radar, satellite imagery, the whole works, over the entire continent. I wish that Europe would move forward more quickly in these areas.

-- Chris.