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 major aviation weather data provider, widely used in FBOs (Pilotbrief stations), by major airlines for critical operational planning, and as the future weather source for ADS-B systems.
- They leverage proprietary weather models and advanced data processing to offer premium services, such as custom TAFs for airlines and a unique NOWrad (NEXRAD) product that prioritizes low-angle scans for detailed ground-level precipitation and gradient information.
- The company continuously develops sophisticated forecasting tools, including high-resolution models for precise winter weather typing and experimental "forecast NEXRAD" for predicting storm activity days in advance.
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