Is there a website for high-altitude weather?

[Barbr]

I'm constantly running into turbulence while cruising at around FL290-FL360, and sometimes climbing higher wouldn't work because it gets too cold. Is there a website that will show me real time high-altitude weather so I can guess what my REX is using for turbulence?

Thanks!

[BAW0343]

Aviation weather center

AIRMETS and SIGMETS will give you the info you want.

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/airmets/

The symbol you want to look for is something like _/\_ the numbers beside it is the altitude at which it is occurring. For example:

_/\_ 100

[Barbr]

Thanks for the pointer! That's a great site, I'll have to see if I can use it to plan my routes better.

The problem is that sometimes at FL290-360 the temperature is about -50C, and I have no idea if going up or down might put me in either a less turbulent zone or a warmer one... so unfortunately usually I descend a few thousand feet, and it's bumpy the entire way  :-?

[JBaymore]

Barbr,

If you get ActiveSky (payware)..... not only will you be totally amazed at the realism of the weather and the variety of wind and cloud effects..... but you can get a full "winds aloft" report for your entire flight broken down by flight levels.  Lets you plan requests to ATC for level change that make sense.

best,

..................john

[BFMF]

Active Sky is nice, but it makes my FSX very unstable, causing it to randomly crash usually every hour or two of flying.

[Barbr]

Hi John,

Thanks for the suggestion.... but spending more $$ for us is bad right now  ;D

-Barb  :)