DWD FlugWetter

This App is an add-on to the pc_met Internet Service of Deutscher Wetterdienst and covers in this new version the following sections of the entire product range:

- Current aviation weather summary for your area in Germany (in German only)

- GAFOR Germany in map display

- METAR and TAF (single reports, proximity search, routing)

- Meteograms (IFR, VFR and gliding) for aerodromes and self-defined locations in Europe

- Cross Sections (IFR, VFR and gliding) for flights in Europe

- Weather warnings:

o Aerodrome weather warnings for selected airports in Germany

o GAFOR area warnings: aviation weather warnings for GAFOR areas in Germany.

o SIGMET: warnings of potentially hazardous weather phenomena for the lower and upper flight information regions (FIR/UIR) in Europe

- Low Level SWC Germany

- High-resolution RADAR information (Germany composite and Europe composite)

- Lightning information (Europe)

- Satellite information (Europe)

- Current weather observations in map display (visibility, ceiling, wind, weather, QNH, temperature/dew point and first layer of clouds)

- Three-days-forecast report for your area in Germany (in German only)

- WAWFOR model forecasts (World Aviation Weather Forecast) based on the DWD forecast model ICON-EU for area Europe, for a forecast time range up to +78 hours (icing and turbulence up to +48h). The following parameters are available in map display:

o Significant weather

o Cloud cover

o Surface pressure

o Surface wind and gusts

o Precipitation

o Temperature (surface and upper levels)

o Geopotential

o Upper wind

o ADWICE icing information

o Turbulence

o Convection (horizontal and vertical dimension)

o Thermal forecasts (lifting ratio, potential flight distance PFD, height of top of dry convection)

The DWD FlugWetter-App is exclusively available for the closed user group “Aviation/pc_met Internet Service” and can only be used in combination with a pc_met Internet Service licence which is subject to a fee. The login and password of the pc_met Internet Service www.flugwetter.de are to be used as access data.