Weather Depiction Chart

[flaperon 0]

Here's a nice chart that summarizes cloud heights. The circles are basically reporting stations. A circle with nothing filled in means a clear sky. The darker the circle, the closer to full overcast with the height of the overcast printed below as the cieling height in hundreds of feet above sea level. Shaded areas equal IFR conditions...no skydiving. It's nice to check this before heading to the DZ or at least to see if your friends across the country are able to jump...:) I think it updates every three hours.

http://aviationweather.gov/data/iffdp/2020.gif?0123201122319

[theonlyski 8]

flaperon

Here's a nice chart that summarizes cloud heights. The circles are basically reporting stations. A circle with nothing filled in means a clear sky. The darker the circle, the closer to full overcast with the height of the overcast printed below as the cieling height in hundreds of feet above sea level. Shaded areas equal IFR conditions...no skydiving. It's nice to check this before heading to the DZ or at least to see if your friends across the country are able to jump...:) I think it updates every three hours.

http://aviationweather.gov/data/iffdp/2020.gif?0123201122319

While it's useful to people that read them, it's far more useful for skydivers to look up/call the dz.

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[flaperon 0]

I like to know the weather better than the DZ or, as least as good as the pilot. I hope that others do too...