Android Skew-t app

Le jeudi 27 mars 2014 12:25:32 UTC-4, kiwiindenver a écritÂ*:
Hi All,

As a recently licensed pilot I decided it would be a good idea to learn more about soaring weather prediction, specifically the workings of a Skew-t graph.

I combined that with learning more about developing Apps for Android, so yesterday I published by first Android App.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...=com.ajw.skewt

I hope many of you find this useful.

I welcome your suggestions for improvements. As I said, this is new to me.

Enjoy.

Alan

Bonjour

Best text to learn to read Skew-T is on the web.

Skew-T's- How to read them.
By Jim Martin
Finger Lakes Soaring Clubs
Danville NY - 2015

Gilles

On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 7:10:03 AM UTC-6, wrote:
Le jeudi 27 mars 2014 12:25:32 UTC-4, kiwiindenver a écritÂ*:
Hi All,

As a recently licensed pilot I decided it would be a good idea to learn more about soaring weather prediction, specifically the workings of a Skew-t graph.

I combined that with learning more about developing Apps for Android, so yesterday I published by first Android App.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...=com.ajw.skewt

I hope many of you find this useful.

I welcome your suggestions for improvements. As I said, this is new to me.

Enjoy.

Alan

Bonjour

Best text to learn to read Skew-T is on the web.

Skew-T's- How to read them.
By Jim Martin
Finger Lakes Soaring Clubs
Danville NY - 2015

Gilles

Thanks for the explanation, Gilles, and the quick response. I'm a motorized pilot and not familiar with what glider drivers look for and couldn't figure out the significance of that line. Now I know.

Ray

Now have a smartphone am trying it on this, may also try on my iPad (no data capabilities other than WIFI).

Thanks in advance for the work though.

On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 10:00:38 AM UTC-8, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
Now have a smartphone am trying it on this, may also try on my iPad (no data capabilities other than WIFI).

Thanks in advance for the work though.

Does anyone remember what issue of Soaring had the article on Skew-Ts?
Tom

I have a question that many may be able to answer.
I fly from Middletown, NY. ID is K06N.
When I load this in the app, it comes back with no data. Does the app find the closest sounding (we don't generate one) or do I need to find the closest sounding and Input that ID?

I also appreciate some of the links to, "reading a skew-T chart", thanks. It's been a while for me, nice to have a refresher.

On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11:19:46 AM UTC-5, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
I have a question that many may be able to answer.
I fly from Middletown, NY. ID is K06N.
When I load this in the app, it comes back with no data. Does the app find the closest sounding (we don't generate one) or do I need to find the closest sounding and Input that ID?

Try SWF.

The app does not seem to have data for smaller airports. For the Boston area, 3B3 comes up "no data" but both ORH and FIT are good.

...david

Hi, This is my app, im glad to hear people are still using it.

Technically my skewt app doesnt have any airports. I send the airport code to the noaa server and it gives me data if it can.

The best option if the airport is not found is to use lat/long coordinates. You can also pick from the map.

Alan

It's a very nice little app that sometimes doesn't succeed in obtaining data to display. I have used it often.

Yea I've used this app regularly for the last few years. Love it. When I've been weatherman at contests, I've often just pulled up the skew t app in the morning and had 97% of the briefing in a few seconds.

Great suggestion, thanks, now I have data and can mess with it.