I love my AR Drone but flying it outdoors can be a significant challenge when flying it outdoors especially if you live in a area where the weather changes frequently. Wind and rain are naturally being the biggest threat to your drones electronics, battery life and your sanity. There are a several apps available in the iTunes store that help you forecast the weather in your favorite areas to fly.
Here are a few I use to determine the best time of day to fly all of which are available in the Apple iTunes App store.
Seasonality Go Seasonality Go turns your iPad into a complete weather station.
Seasonality Go provides you with a wealth of weather data and you decide how you want to view it. By choosing from a selection of screen arrangements featuring a choice of data inserts, you can flexibly create your very own view of the weather. Some key features of Seasonality Go include:• Over 30,000 pre-defined locations in more than 200 countries.
• Can use the iPad's location services anywhere in the world.
• Current conditions, 7 day forecast, and astronomical data.
• Graphs for temperature, wind speed, precipitation, cloud cover and more…
• Animated map with radar imagery in the US and infrared satellite imagery worldwide.
• Fully customizable. Move and resize inserts to fit your needs.
WeatherProHD WeatherPro, Europe's number one paid weather app is now available for the iPad! Powered by the weather specialists at MeteoGroup, it features high-quality weather reports and 7-day forecasts for over 2 million locations worldwide.
Additionally, WeatherPro for iPad offers high-res weather radar for the UK, USA, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland as well as satellite pictures for Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Up to fifteen images can be downloaded and animated with full zoom and pan functionality.
Meteogram Are you interested in weather trends? Then this is the right application for you.
Meteogram gives you graphical depictions of trends with variables such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed, percentage of cloud cover.The main screen contains two graphs. The upper screen shows a detailed summary for the next 48 hours, and the lower screen shows a change in temperature for 6 days in advance.
There is a special pop-up menu for easy usability. There is no need to follow the values on the vertical and horizontal axes, rather you "tap" anywhere on the chart and more detailed informations are displayed. With the Meteogram app you can access data for your current location or select a location from the database which contains over 110 000 cities worldwide.The Meteogram application supports Imperial and Metric units.
Weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK.
