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  • ForeFlight Tops it Off with Two New SiriusXM Weather Layers

    If you surveyed a group of IFR pilots, tops are likely one of the most requested features. Now, the wait is over. With ForeFlight Mobile 8.3, you can view both echo tops and cloud tops […]

  • True Colors of IR Satellite

    Now in ForeFlight Mobile 8.3, you have a choice between one of two satellite layers on the ForeFlight Map view. The legacy satellite layer was renamed to Enhanced Satellite and the new layer […]

  • ‘Tis the season for airframe ice

    Now that cold air has infiltrated a good portion of North America, it’s time to review one important aspect of airframe icing, namely, precipitation type. The three basic wintry precipitation […]

  • Aging Surface Observations

    One of the more common concerns raised by ForeFlight customers is the age of surface observations or METARs shown within the app. They often wonder why the age of a METAR can […]

  • Don’t Let Satellite Weather Get You Down

    The radar depictions you see from the SiriusXM broadcast are highly filtered to provide only real precipitation areas. Ground clutter, anomalous propagation, birds, insects and such are carefully removed to […]

  • Why Use Convective Outlooks?

    Perhaps one of the most underutilized weather products shown on the ForeFlight Map view are the yellow-shaded polygons called convective outlooks. On any given eight-hour shift, they are issued hourly by a highly trained meteorologist […]

  • Tips On Using SiriusXM Satellite Weather In ForeFlight

    With the release of ForeFlight Mobile 8.1 you now have the opportunity to use the best portable en route weather system available courtesy of our partnership with SiriusXM Satellite Radio. The SiriusXM Pilot […]

  • Getting the most from ForeFlight radar layers

    Now that ForeFlight Mobile 7.7 introduced a second radar layer to the app, what are the practical advantages of each? As I mentioned in my earlier blog post, the composite reflectivity and lowest tilt radar […]

  • Getting The Lowdown On ForeFlight Radar

    In the pilot world there is a ubiquitous debate that continues to thrive over what ground-based radar product is better to use – NEXRAD composite reflectivity or NEXRAD base reflectivity from […]

  • New International Forecast Weather Imagery Available in ForeFlight

    Good news for our international customers and flight planners – ForeFlight’s Imagery view now provides a greatly expanded collection of international forecast and weather products, covering South America, Europe, and the Atlantic and […]