The DWD FlugWetter-App Version 2.3 offers the following new functions:
Visualization of WAWFOR model forecasts (World Aviation Weather Forecast) for area Europe. The WAWFOR is a digital aeronautical dataset specifically for the purposes of aviation. The WAWFOR data are based on the DWD forecast model ICON-EU and are available for a forecast time range up to +48 hours, the time resolution is one hour.
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)
- 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 Germany
- Low Level SWC Germany
- High-resolution RADAR information (Europe composite)
- Lightning information (Europe)
- Satellite information (Europe)
- Current weather observations in map display (visibility, ceiling, wind, weather)
- 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 +48 hours. 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)
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.
