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 weather data provider with a significant presence in aviation, known for its FBO Pilotbrief stations, supplying critical data to major airlines, and securing the contract for ADS-B datalink weather.
- The company differentiates its weather products through unique processing, offering services like NOWrad (NEXRAD with a low-angle scan focusing below 10,000 feet) and cloud-to-cloud lightning detection, along with custom, high-resolution forecasts for premium clients.
- WSI utilizes sophisticated atmospheric models, including its hourly Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) and Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) models, to generate detailed predictions, hinting at future innovations like long-range forecast NEXRAD for pilots.
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