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Flight Planning Question - Clouds

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When planning a flight, what resource would you recommend to give me the altitudes that the cloud layers are along my flight plan?

I fly the PMDG DC6 (almost exclusively) and typically fly between 10 and 20 thousand feet.

I use fltplan.com to get the winds aloft but I cant seem to find a resource for cloud altitudes.

Thanks for the help

 

19 minutes ago, lancealotg said:

When planning a flight, what resource would you recommend to give me the altitudes that the cloud layers are along my flight plan?

I fly the PMDG DC6 (almost exclusively) and typically fly between 10 and 20 thousand feet.

I use fltplan.com to get the winds aloft but I cant seem to find a resource for cloud altitudes.

Thanks for the help

 


Try this site (link below).  Click on the balloons on the world map that it presents you.  Understandably there are some notable areas that are not currently available.

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https://metar-taf.com/

 

Edited by fppilot

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That website is a great resource.
Thanks so much, hope to try it out on my next flight.

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