Amazing ipad weather ap

[montanasimmer 7]

All,

I discovered a pretty cool weather ap for you ipad users.  It's called Ventusky and it delivers a pretty amazing visual representation of winds at multiple altitudes, air pressures, clouds and precip any where in the world, plus with forecasts.  It is very easy to go to your destination, see the winds visually, check the pressure etc.  And you can check in mid-flight to see if things are changing.  Here in Colorado, they change quickly in the late afternoon with our notorious thunderstorms. 

I'ts $4 I think.  

Colin Ware

(and I don't work for the developer or have any financial relationship - I was just really impressed and it doesn't come up early in the list of weather aps in the ap store)

 

[krazyk 157]

Looks a lot like the original one which has been around for quite a long time now. You can visit it here. Free and works on both PCs as well as mobile devices.

Either way, nice find.

[dbw1 445]

Colin: thanks for the heads up. looks interesting. 

[MarkDH 234]

41 minutes ago, krazyk said:

Looks a lot like the original one which has been around for quite a long time now. You can visit it here. Free and works on both PCs as well as mobile devices.

Can't see any mobile version.

[19dcavscout 39]

Check out www.windy.com. Best aviation weather site I have seen yet. They also have a free app.

[Jovabra 18]

Agree about www.windy.com 👍

[hvw 401]

Just fyi, Ventusky works on Android as well.

[patrice_bambou 85]

2 hours ago, MarkDH said:

Can't see any mobile version.

This is a web site, no need for a specific mobile version...

[MarkDH 234]

1 hour ago, patrice_bambou said:

This is a web site, no need for a specific mobile version...

LMRTFY

4 hours ago, krazyk said:

Free and works on both PCs as well as mobile devices.

 

[fppilot 4,360]

Took a good look at windy.com.  Took me a while to find the way to select altitude.  Nice. I see how to display pressure, and from that with my background I can perceive weather systems (L's, H's, fronts).  However I cannot find how to display weather systems.  Is that a feature of the site?  If so please point me....

[montanasimmer 7]

I do all my charts and weather on an ipad - so this is very helpful to me.   I actually use two ipads.  My older one, which has a weak battery, is always attached to the computer, and I use the mobile one as well.  One for en route charts and one for sectionals. I love being able to swap quickly to the weather ap in flight, see where the wind is coming from, and prepare accordingly.   I got to ride on a biz jet a while back and all the charts the pilots used were on an ipad.  It looked efficient and I love this set up.