Comments for Meteo·Mobile

Comment on XM weather in Europe by Xavi

Xavi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:05:53 +0000

I’m not an expert, but “The distance to the lightning strokes can be deduced from the strength of the signature of the strike and other data” (see full article here: http://www.stormblogging.com/?p=10

Comment on XM weather in Europe by Volker Huck

Volker Huck — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:33:11 +0000

Very interesting topic indeed. I don’t think that politics allow another position of the weather data providers than the “commercial approach”.

For my curiosity: Do you know how the TWX670 can produce this: “up to 1024 strikes are displayed for up to 3 minutes. Each transmitted strike includes range, bearing, and weight (color)”? How specifically can they differentiate between weight and range? I thought intensity has to be interpreted as closeness, as e.g. with passive collision avoidance.

Comment on En Route maps improved, too by Xavi

Xavi — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:15:57 +0000

We’ve changed to smaller & nicer icons since the previous ones were clogging up the small handheld devices…
If you still see the bigger ones, empty your caché. The server would otherwise think you already have the image and wouldn’t serve the new ones. This is done to decrease the traffic (faster and cheaper for those that pay by the byte)

Comment on Nice improvement for the maps by Xavi

Xavi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:46:50 +0000

We’ve added the same functionality on the en-route maps too

Comment on Google maps from blackberry by Xavi

Xavi — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:15:22 +0000

I am not sure whether the software you need to update is Blackberry’s firmware or google maps for mobile (I’d try the latest first)

Comment on It is worth registering by Julien

Julien — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:11:08 +0000

Comment on What sort of aviator are you? by Victor Gaspar

Victor Gaspar — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:24:43 +0000

I am a private pilot who owns a plane I built a couple of years ago and I am currently building a new one. I use your website as my primary source of airport weather information. We used to have this at the airport, but the main terminal has moved and we have no access to weather information. It is now thanks to web sites like this one that we can fly safely. It would be great to be able to have weather info in the cockpit as they have in the US. In the meantime we have this great resources on the web that fortunately can also be accessed with mobile devices on the move.
Thank you.

Comment on What sort of aviator are you? by Herb

Herb — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:54:53 +0000

Hey just wanted to let you guys know I really enjoy the site. I fly the B737 and I always check the wx while i’m in my hotel room before heading out to the airport. It gives me a great idea of what to expect for the day. Thanks for making it possible.

Herb

Comment on New Metar Symbols (beta) by j.catani

j.catani — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:15:54 +0000

formidable, peut-etre

Comment on What sort of aviator are you? by Xavi

Xavi — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:07:05 +0000

Daniel, Many of my pilot friends started as virtual pilots. I'm happy that you find the page's info useful. As a (private) pilot, I can tell you how I use the information Meteo·Mobile provides: I will usually start by taking a "look at the big picture". I like to check the RGB Satellite animation to see the air masses moving. I find this chart particularly helpful because it is color treated and shows well cloud height. I'll proceed by checking the current Satellite Analysis, plus the big airmasses forecast (you get all of these through the Europe weather charts link in the home page). Then, I'll go local, checking all of the METARs and TAFs of the airports I plan to visit, plus those enroute and alternatives. Here, I want to know if wind and visibility are within my personal limits and those of the airplane I will be flying. I use the TAF to see if storms, strong winds or bad visibility are forecasted. Of course, this is what I do. I'd also love to hear what other people and the guys flying the "big birds" do.