Meteo·Mobile

Unbelievable but true!

Once more, we are leading the way…
This time, we have developed Meto·Mobile Metar Alerts, a way to be informed the minute a METAR (or SPECI) Report is issued fulfilling certain user-defined requisites.

Instead of keeping refreshing your browser, seat back and relax, Meteo·Mobile will do the rest…

How does it work?

Just go to Meteo·Mobile Metar Alerts and configure your own alerts.
(You may need to Set your preferences before, since we’ll need you e-mail)

Once in Meteo·Mobile Alerts page, you’ll need to INSERT A NEW ALERT.

In order to do so, you’ll need to input the field’s ICAO code and the Conditions when you want to be alerted.

Entering the Alert Conditions

For now, we’ve defined three main conditions: Wind, Ceiling and Visibility. We’re working on other conditions like Temperature and others.

WIND Keyword: W>
Example: W>20 will trigger an alert if wind (or gusts) are above 20KT.

CEILING Keyword: BKN<
Example: BKN<030 will trigger an alert if the ceiling (BKN or OVC) is below 3000 feet AGL.

VISIBILITY Keyword: VM<
Example: VM<3000 will trigger an alert if the visibility (in meters) is below 3000 meters. The alert threshold must be a four-digit number. So if you want to have an alert for visibility below 500 meters, the alert must be configured like VM<0500.

Other Keywords: All Weather Phenomena METAR codes are rcognized (like FG, BR, TS, RA, SN, TCU, CB, etc)
Example: TCU will trigger an alert whenever it is present in the METAR.

Make sure you type the conditons in UPPERCASE and exactly as shown above.

Complex Alerts

But, what if you want to be alerted when the ceiling is below 3000′ AND wind is above 20KT?
Simple: Put both conditions separated by a semicolon, like this: BKN<030;W>20

And, what if I want to be alerted when there is TCU OR SN?
Simple: Put both conditions separated by a comma, like this: TCU,SN

You can combine as many ANDs and ORs as you like.
For example: W>20;BKN<030;SN,TCU,CB will trigger the alert whenever the wind is above 20KT and the ceiling is below 3000′ and there is Snow or Towering Cumulus or Cumulus Nimbus.

Great, isn’t it?

Alert Maintenance

Whenever you acces your alerts, you’ll be shown all of your pre-configured alerts. You’ll be able to EDIT them, DELETE them, or ENABLE/DISABLE them.

There is one thing you must keep in mind, though. Because our user registration relies on cookies, whenever you delete your cookies, Meteo·Mobile won’t recognize you anymore, and thus, you won’t be able to EDIT or DELETE your alerts. If  that day arrives, contact us and we’ll help you out.
We are working on a script to merge all previous alerts based on your email. So, make sure you register, and… Stay tuned!

We rely on cookies because it is very simple for you and gives you lots of functionalities even if you don’t register (like having your most demanded ICAO codes right in from of you when you visit Meteo·Mobile)

For a couple of hours today, Meteo·Mobile has suffered kind of a year 2000 year 2009 effect.

With the change of the year, the algorithms that calculate whether there are new weather reports available have gone crazy.

We are very sorry for those of you who may have encountered this problem.
We’ve worked hard to fix it as soon as possible.
We’re confident the problem is fixed already.

The good side of things is that the algorithm that watches whether the information supplied is current has proved useful.
This algorithm provides another weather reports source if it finds that the weather report shown is too old.
If that is the case, a red message warns the pilot. Next to it, a question mark(‘?’) link provides a link to an additional weather reports source when pressed.

We hope the impact of this issue has been minimal, and…

WISH ALL PILOTS THE HAPPIEST 2009 FULL OF CAVOKs.

If you’d like to have a your_name@aviador.es e-mail address, don’t hesitate to ask.
We’ll contact you and sort out the details.