It was a good decision to return on Saturday. Sunday morning there were thunderstorms and showers for the rest of the day.
Would the flight on Sunday have been possible under IFR? probably later during the day.
But why bother? With two kids and a lady on board you need favorable weather…
Thanks to all! Made the decision to fly out on Friday and back on Saturday and not to fly on Sunday. We had a great little trip to Burgundy where my in-laws have a second home. Nice about flying is that even if you don’t have much time it is still worth while. By car this would have been impossible.
Me, my sister-in-law, daughter and niece.
Yes; a good question! This is AFAIK how GFS works. For example this very old “GFS portal” – the READY site can produce the following, showing the “total cloud cover”
I don’t think those OGIMET pressure charts are useful because they don’t show fronts, so they require really expert interpretation.
What does “Cloud Cover” mean in that Ogimet chart? Is a thin layer of cloud at 20,000ft shown the same as a layer from 100ft exending up to 10,000ft?
Thanks, looks very useful!
Hi Bobo, I always use the Ogimet forecast maps for long term weather forecasts.
http://ogimet.com/tabla_pred.phtml?lang=en
Choose “Central Europe” → S(urface).
Friday and Saturday look fine. Sunday there is a low pressure system moving east that doesn’t look nice:
I think a flight from Friday to Saturday is in the realm of possibilities. I’ll have a chat with the Met Office this evening and check again tomorrow.
Peter wrote:
Sunday doesn’t look too great…
Depends on where you will be 
It would be nice if there was a proper source for these, in the proper sequence. If you search here on
MSLP
you will find e.g. this
I use a paid site (avbrief.com) to get these charts. The basic sub doesn’t cost much.
MWIS is still there but they often offered older versions than one could get elsewhere (for a given date) which is a bit naughty.
Thanks! I’ve been searching for those on the dutch aviation weather page of the Dutch Met Office, couldn’t find any.
