Two years have passed since we discussed the Skew-T diagram, and it’s time to re-acquaint ourselves with this tool. This is no easy subject, but we’ll avoid the overly technical talk and focus on the important stuff.
Perhaps you resist the Skew-T due to its complexity, figuring you could just grab the upper-level winds and go. That’s up to you. Prepackaged weather is fine. But if you have a few minutes while planning your flight, why not dig deeper? The Skew-T gives you a vast amount of information about the atmosphere.
