Bluemarlin1 11 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I went to plan another long flight today and get a message saying the upper wind validity of the forecast is not appropriate. This type of thing has been going on a lot of lately and i cant plan any flights..... It is very frustrating, any idea what on earth is going on with this once very reliable programme? Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/168385-upper-wind-validity/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
srcooke 439 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I assume you are using PFPX online weather with an active subscription? The WAFC forecast for upper winds covers a 48hr period, the coverage period can be checked by mousing over the weather source entry on the status bar. I didn't notice an error on the wind forecast yesterday and is indicating correctly this morning. Possible reasons for the warning are generating a flightplan for a date in the future with the flight then exceeding the forecast period, computer date/time incorrect or perhaps a stuck file. For the latter set toggle weather to none and then back to online t force a refresh. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/168385-upper-wind-validity/#findComment-1063697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemarlin1 11 Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 6 hours ago, srcooke said: I assume you are using PFPX online weather with an active subscription? The WAFC forecast for upper winds covers a 48hr period, the coverage period can be checked by mousing over the weather source entry on the status bar. I didn't notice an error on the wind forecast yesterday and is indicating correctly this morning. Possible reasons for the warning are generating a flightplan for a date in the future with the flight then exceeding the forecast period, computer date/time incorrect or perhaps a stuck file. For the latter set toggle weather to none and then back to online t force a refresh. Ok thank you, will try that next time. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/168385-upper-wind-validity/#findComment-1063727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will C 6 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Another thing to think about... if you start planning a flight and then come back to finish it later, the scheduled departure time (which was fixed when you started planning the flight) may become out of synch with the freshly-downloaded live wind data. So you may also want to check to make sure your PFPX fight-planned departure time is still in the near future, and not in the past. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/168385-upper-wind-validity/#findComment-1063732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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