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Check the forecast before you fly

Read GO, CAUTION or NO-FLY for your site against your own limits and pick the best hour to fly.

Menu
Field › Tools › Forecast
Direct link
skysuite.pro/field/tools/forecast
Level
Basic
Length
6 steps, about 2 minutes
  1. Step 1: At the top of the page, click “Field”.

    OpensThe Field menu on the left: “Today”, “Missions” and “Tools”.

    The Field switch at the top of the page.
  2. Step 2: In the left menu, click “Tools” to open the group.

    Opens“Forecast”, “Airspace” and “Radar”.

    The Tools group in the Field menu.
  3. Step 3: Click “Forecast”.

    OpensThe “Forecast” page for your default site.

    Forecast in the Tools group.
  4. Step 4: In the location box (marker 1), type your site's address and pick it from the list, or click “Use my GPS location” (marker 2, the crosshair) to use where you are.

    OpensThe forecast for that site. It becomes your default, so Field › Today › Flight Brief reads the same site.

    The location box and the GPS button.
  5. Step 5: In “Drone:” (marker 1) pick the aircraft you are flying, so the verdict uses its wind limit, and in “Wind Alt:” (marker 2) pick the height you will fly at.

    The Wind Alt and Drone menus.
  6. Step 6: Click “Refresh” (marker 1), then read the hour-by-hour table: the “FLY?” column (marker 2) says GO, CAUTION, NO-FLY or NIGHT for each hour.

    OpensNothing new: the verdict and the table update with the latest weather. Pick the calmest GO hours to fly.

    Final button
    The Refresh button and the FLY? column of the hourly table.

What the verdicts mean. GO: within your limits. CAUTION: flyable, but something is close to a limit; read the reason first. NO-FLY: a limit is broken (too much wind, rain and so on). NIGHT: outside daylight.

The written AI summary on this page costs a credit each time it runs; turn “Auto AI” off if you only want the numbers. Your limits (wind, rain chance, daylight) are set under “Adjust limits” on the Flight Brief. More detail: Forecast.

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