The Skew-T and extreme turbulence

[Paul Thomas]

Scott,

Doesn't your app interpret the skew-T for dummies like me? Or that that just data from the weather folks that you put in a visual form?

I did some flying in the NE and mountain area and the ability to see the weather picture that quickly over your route is amazing; probably one of the best safety feature we've had recently.

Paul

[airguy]

Originally Posted by Steve Melton

OK, I need a Christmas study course. How to get Scott's Skew-T course?

Same here - where can I get this? As a newly minted IFR pilot I'm wanting to learn as much as I can about weather conditions and forecasting.

[scottd]

Originally Posted by cccjbr6

I bought Scott's skew T course on CD probably 10 years ago and I still dust it off from time to time to review It is like new technology. I can understand and use about 10% of its capability. But that 10% is mighty helpful- finding the layers, freezing levels, cloud bases and tops, and instability.

Thanks Chris...it's like some of those fancy TV remotes you get...you really never learn how to use most of those buttons and features, but those you do use are essential.

[scottd]

Originally Posted by Paul Thomas

Doesn't your app interpret the skew-T for dummies like me? Or that that just data from the weather folks that you put in a visual form?

I did some flying in the NE and mountain area and the ability to see the weather picture that quickly over your route is amazing; probably one of the best safety feature we've had recently.

Paul,

Thanks for that feedback. Everyone says the app greatly simplifies the preflight weather analysis to the point of feeling like you are cheating somehow.

The app displays some of the information you'll get on the Skew-T in the profile and meteogram views like clouds, wind and freezing level. However, there's so much more on the Skew-T that's hard to visualize any other way. For example, lapse rates. That's very hard to show on a profile view. You can contour something like potential temperature (theta-e). When it's changing rapidly, there's an inversion...otherwise, the lapse rate is large (I don't expect most to know what I'm talking about here).

[scottd]

Originally Posted by Steve Melton

OK, I need a Christmas study course. How to get Scott's Skew-T course?

and

Originally Posted by airguy

Same here - where can I get this? As a newly minted IFR pilot I'm wanting to learn as much as I can about weather conditions and forecasting.

Steve and Greg,

I stopped selling my program on CD-ROM...just way too many bad experiences with Adobe Flash and CDs. So, if you are a subscriber of AvWxWorkshops.com you can get a discount of 15% since the Skew-T program is a premium workshop. As a member you'll get access to nearly 80 basic (bite-sized) workshops (including 17 that are Skew-T Tips) and the WeatherSpork app. Once a subscriber, you can purchase the workshop for online viewing only. But it'll give you the best experience and when I make updates, you get them for free.