You’ve seen and almost certainly used a WSI Pilotbrief weather station in your travels. It’s almost a required ritual of flight: Stop by the screen and make a last check of the radar or TFRs while you finish your lukewarm coffee.
A Look Inside WSI Weather
Youve seen and almost certainly used a WSI Pilotbrief weather station in your travels. Its almost a required ritual of flight: Stop by the screen and make a last check of the radar or TFRs while you finish your lukewarm coffee. As a pilot, do you care whos behind the weather information you see at the FBO or in the cockpit? The answer is largely, No. But there are some differences between what you get from a briefer, on the web or from the competing XM weather provided by Baron Services. What we found more interesting was what a weather service must do in collecting, distilling and delivering the weather in a format on which pilots can depend.
Key Takeaways:
- WSI is a prominent weather service provider with over 30 years of experience, dedicating 40% of its business to aviation, including FBO displays, major airlines, and as the data source for ADS-B datalink weather.
- They offer specialized, high-resolution weather products for premium customers, such as custom TAFs for airlines and detailed turbulence/icing forecasts, providing operational advantages over standard NWS data.
- WSI utilizes proprietary advanced atmospheric models (like their RUC and WRF) to generate highly detailed forecasts, including unique NEXRAD processing (NOWrad) and the potential for future "forecast NEXRAD" capabilities.
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