while somewhat related:

I just asked a programmer buddy of mine to see if he could come up
with an "IFR" hunter applicaiton. I live for flying IFR and asked if
he could write an app that would send me an email when the WX was
forcast to be in my "wheelhouse", i.e. 500-1000 over, 2 miles viz, etc
for selected airports. It would be configurable - airports,cloud
bases, viz, etc.

Would this be worth his while? Would you pay for this - shareware
type deal- 20 bucks if it works and you like it.

Thanks!

Chris "it's 200 over now, waiting for 600 over..." Matras

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:24:46 -0800 (PST), wrote:

If I'm thinking about flying somewhere in the northeast and returning
in a few days, it'll be very helpful to know forecast cloud height
three days down the road. Knowing it'll be "cloudy" isn't too
helpful. In my Archer (not approved for icing) a hugh difference
between an overcast layer at 40,000 feet (no problem at all) and a
broken layer at 800 feet (better to drive). The usual souces of
weather will describe both days as cloudy and the aviation sources of
which I'm aware only forecast 36 hours or less into the future.

I'd like to know forecast cloud height 3-4 days out. Does anyone know
a site where I can get cloud base forecasts for the northeast ? Is
there such a site ?

Thanks,
Evan