Master Windy for Pilots
Level Up Your Aviation Weather Planning by Learning Windy.com’s Powerful Free Tools
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go beyond the standard weather brief
Harness Windy’s Superior Weather Tools with our Course.
Unlock Windy’s Aviation Secrets
Learn Windy’s extensive capabilities to help you with long range weather planning and decision making.
Discover Powerful Aviation Wx Layers
Learn how to visualize weather forecasts in a way far superior to any other. Understand intricacies of aviation weather layers.
Level up your adventures
Learn how to access weather data for remote locations farther ahead of time to make big planning decisions.
Plan that Weekend Trip
Make money saving no-go decisions farther ahead of time with extended range layers.
Learn Time Saving Advanced Tools
for VFR and IFR pilots
Deep dives into understanding tools like the METEOGRAM and AIRGRAM will give you incredible amounts of useful information in one single view
And know what you’re looking at.
It’s not enough to poke around Windy’s layers. You’ve got to know what the data means, what its limitations are, and how it applies to real life scenarios.
We cover the intricacies of each tool and provide use case scenarios so it all really clicks.
Meet your instructor
Eric aka “SoCal Flying Monkey” is an FAA Certified Advanced Ground Instructor. He’s given talks for FAAST (the FAA Safety Team), Aviation Explorers, and his scenario videos have been featured in The Finer Points Ground School App. He’s led groups of pilots on adventures throughout Baja Mexico and he has a popular aviation Youtube channel that focuses on his family adventures in their Cherokee 6.
“Once I unlocked the secrets of windy.com for aviation, I was able to plan trips and flights more reliably many days out. It really opened up a whole new level of aviation for me- both for long and short term decision making.”
What you’ll learn
6 Part Video Course
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What is Windy?
Why use Windy?
How to get the most out of Windy for aviation.
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User Settings
Navigating the interface
Getting a basic forecast
Altitudes
Long Range Forecasts
Customizing the layers for aviation
Trip Strategy Use Case Scenario
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IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF EACH LAYER
Over 20+ Aviation Layers Dissected and Explained
Learn the limitations of each layer
Understand when and how to use aviation layers
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Understanding the display
Interpreting cloud bases
Interpreting cloud layers
Altitudes and pressures
Getting the most out of the meteogram
Understanding Meteogram limitations
Understanding the Airgram for IFR flight
Interpreting freezing levels
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Weather model resolutions
Weather model strengths and weaknesses
Weather model limitations
Compare Tool
European Model
GFS Model
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METEOBLUE
UKV
AROME
Access
High Resolution Radar Rapid Refresh HRRR
NAM
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Putting it all together
Using Foreflight and Windy to assess weather days ahead of a flight
Comparing days ahead Windy forecast to actual weather conditions
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Advanced customization of Windy
Airport views and Information
METARs
TAFs
Using Webcams for current conditions
Advanced Layer Tools
Five part video course about how to use windy.com's features for aviation weather planning including use case scenarios. One time purchase gives unlimited access to the course.
These Pilots Leveled Up…
Become the captain of your weather planning
FAQs
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Once mastered, Windy’s unique presentation of weather forecast data allows pilots to visually understand the weather forecast in a way other resources don’t. The ability to see and compare data from several forecast models across dozens of layers useful for aviation makes for a powerful tool. On top of that the ability to customize the interface speeds up forecast study.
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Even though Eric is a FAA Certified Advanced Ground Instructor, this is not a flight training course and does not count towards any certificate requirements. This is a course explaining windy.com’s powerful weather tools from a pilot’s perspective. It is meant to show pilots how to maximize the capabilities of the website specifically for aviation. Always obtain official weather briefings before flight and consult with YOUR CFI about any meteorologic or flight planning questions.
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No! Windy is another tool in the arsenal to gather “all available information” about a flight. It’s important to understand that the data windy presents is computer modeled forecast data and not a forecast by a meteorologist. It’s extremely important to always get an official weather briefing before flight. Windy is a great supplement to the standard briefing and is extremely useful for longer range outlooks where strategic trip planning is involved.
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I love the Meteogram view for its usefulness. But it’s important to truly understand what is represented and thats part of what this course aims to cover.
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No subscription! A one time purchase gives you unlimited access to this product for a single user. "Lifetime access" means access for as long as Level Up Your Weather continues to offer this course. If the course is retired or the platform changes, we'll provide reasonable notice and, where possible, downloadable materials or a suitable alternative.