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DVA5387
Captain, B737-800

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Cleveland Heights, OH

463 legs, 1,129.1 hours
218 legs, 421.5 hours online
440 legs, 1,030.5 hours ACARS
19 legs, 38.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 12 2008 15:52 ET by Bill Roddick

It occurred to me today that not everyone may realize that charts are published regularly which forecast winds aloft all over the world. Given that this may be the case, here are two links to the charts that would be helpful to most everyone here. At the very least, you can prepare yourself mentally for a 100kt headwind!

If you require an explanation on how to read them, feel free to ask and I'll gladly explain! If everyone already knows of these, my apologies for boring you wink

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/winds/
http://aviationweather.gov/products/swh/

Bill Roddick

Captain, B737-800

DVA3611
Senior Captain, DC-6
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TX USA

881 legs, 2,043.7 hours
723 legs, 1,492.6 hours online
859 legs, 1,966.3 hours ACARS
163 legs, 384.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 12 2008 20:42 ET by Martin Pettersson

Thanks for the link! It will certainly help in deciding cruise altitude.

Martin Pettersson (DVA3611)

Posted onPost created on February 13 2008 09:41 ET by Bill Roddick

I've received a few emails requesting a brief tutorial for these charts. I will create one and post it later this afternoon!

Bill Roddick

Captain, B737-800

DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
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Joined on December 01 2006
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"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe

277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs, 397.0 hours online
244 legs, 456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs, 80.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 13 2008 17:47 ET by Mark Salter

I'll have to keep it in mind. They don't happen to have these for people flying online do they?

Mark Salter

Senior Captain, CRJ-200

Posted onPost created on February 17 2008 15:40 ET by Bill Roddick

Alright, so I've been REALLY busy studying for a Med exam the last few days. I'll try to get a tutorial up today or tomorrow at the latest! Sorry guys.

Bill Roddick

Captain, B737-800

DVA5857
Captain, B767-300

Joined on April 23 2008
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Northeastern United States

515 legs, 1,054.0 hours
502 legs, 1,022.2 hours online
513 legs, 1,050.8 hours ACARS
15 legs, 33.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 26 2008 01:10 ET by Chuck Angle

Does FS9 actually use the real world winds aloft? The messages seem to say that the program is accessing the nearest airport. I will check the real world winds aloft chart and the ND on my PMDG 737-800 next time I fly, although I don't know if that would be a valid check.

Chuck Angle

Captain, B767-300

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
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Surry, ME

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Posted onPost created on May 26 2008 05:53 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

To add on - if you use Dispatch - I usually give you winds for enroute and local!

:-)

Try dispatch!

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

DVA4471
Captain, B767-300

Joined on May 18 2007
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Midwestern United States

451 legs, 1,080.8 hours
391 legs, 892.2 hours online
234 legs, 554.1 hours ACARS
9 legs, 22.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 30 2008 09:01 ET by Jason D'Ambrosio

There you go

http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/winds/

Jason D'Ambrosio (DVA4471)

DVA071
Senior Captain, B757-200

Joined on July 03 2001
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Weston, MA USA

375 legs, 1,827.1 hours
310 legs, 1,535.6 hours online
159 legs, 991.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on May 30 2008 11:11 ET by Geoffrey Smith

Another great source for winds aloft is http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html
They've got better international coverage than the SIGWX charts, which only show one or two major wind patterns aloft.

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