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is plotted on simplified meteograms, giving you a visual concept of cloud and wind
conditions. There are no airmets or sigmets, the location info isn't in the METAR
or TAF formats, and I wish it showed fronts.
Even so, you can ballpark them using isobars. Of course, wind data is a big feature.
Tap anywhere on the map and wind barbs
are plotted simultaneously for each forecast
model's output.

WeatherMap ($2.99). Here you see
eight days' worth of worldwide surface weather. Tap anywhere on the map
and you'll see a simplified meteogram.
Screen views can show either precipitation, clouds, temperature, pressure,
or winds-or an overlay of all those elements. This is an excellent way to view
medium-range forecast weather, anywhere in the world.

SkewTLogPro ($14.99). Here's another
visual approach to the weather. The
SkewT LogP chart is a traditional means
of analyzing the atmosphere and this app
gives you plots for anywhere on its map.
Just touch a location and a SkewT chart
pops up. You can see the winds aloft on a
scale at the right side of the chart, red and
blue lines showing the vertical profiles of
the temperature and dew point, and a blue
shaded line depicting the freezing level.
It takes some effort to learn how to interpret the SkewT LogP chart, and using this
app is one way to become familiar with it.
Using its map, you can plot a route and the
app will give you charts along the flight
path. Charts for 17 hours into the future
are available with a finger-swipe. Many
find the SkewT LogP chart an impenetrable mystery, so this app probably isn't
for them.

MyRadar Weather Radar Pro (free
with ads, $2.99 with no ads; with premium features, $6.99 per year). This is
the place to see animated fronts, Doppler
weather radar imagery, airmets, sigmets,
and even TFRs-although I'd still check
for TFRs the old-fashioned way. Other
map layers include wind, cloud, temperature, and weather watches and warnings.
With the premium features option you can
get hurricane tracking, a "professional"
radar imagery pack, and Apple Watch
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high- and low-altitude charts. If there's
a weakness, it's the lack of METARs and
TAFs. But for the money, it's one of the
best bets out there for synoptic-scale forecast weather two days out.
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EMAIL tom.horne@aopa.org

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