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  • Oh Hail! Where’s That Cockpit Weather When You Need It?

    As the old saying goes, in so many ways, a picture speaks a thousand words. By now you have probably seen the chilling photo like the one shown in this media report of Delta Flight 1889 […]

  • When The Radar Lies

    The ground-based radar mosaic displayed on the Map view in ForeFlight Mobile combines radar data from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Environment Canada. Its primary purpose is to provide pilots with […]

  • What’s Up With QPF?

    Areas of precipitation that are forecast along your proposed route should get your attention. These should be considered “hot spots” for concern and may add undo risk to the flight. While […]

  • PoP Goes The Forecast

    When we make a decision to depart on any round-robin flight, it’s not unusual to also factor in the expected weather on the return trip. If the return leg doesn’t look very good, what’s […]

  • ForeFlight MOS is Now Booming

    As icing AIRMETs begin to morph into convective SIGMETs, you’ll be happy to know that ForeFlight Mobile is ready for the upcoming convective season with some enhancements to its Model […]

  • MOS Forecast Extends Now To 3 Days

    Back in December we announced a new forecast tool in ForeFlight Mobile called Model Output Statistics or MOS. A TAF-like forecast, MOS provides site-specific weather guidance to pilots for hundreds of airports where a […]

  • How To Use ForeFlight Mobile and Dynon SkyView Wi-Fi Connectivity

    Update June 13, 2019: Experimental aircraft running SkyView’s firmware version 15.4.7 and above can now display ADS-B weather and traffic in ForeFlight. Customers with version 15.4.7 should connect to SkyView and […]

  • We’ve refined the Internet radar color bar

    Of all of the weather layers available on the ForeFlight Maps view, the radar mosaic is likely the most frequently viewed. With such a high glance value, even the most […]

  • PIREPs: Not Just For Pilots

    Pilot weather reports or more simply PIREPs are not just a private conversation between you and a Flight Watch specialist – they are a broadcast to the world. As such, PIREPs are […]

  • Cold-air Damming Event East of Appalachians

    The new color-enhanced satellite layer in the ForeFlight Mobile app typically provides an excellent representation of the overall cloud cover.  This morning, however, it wasn’t telling the whole story as an […]