LEARN · WEATHER GUIDE

Weather calls for drone missions.

A field-ready checklist for reading wind, rain, visibility, cloud, thermal quality, and mission timing before a commercial drone job.

FORECAST SOURCES

Use more than one weather view.

Forecasts, warnings, radar, and observations for Australia.

Aviation weather products for pilots and operational planning.

Map-based forecast layers for wind, rain, temperature, and cloud.

NOTAMs, briefings, and aviation weather access for registered users.

Useful visual model comparison for wind layers and timing checks.

Local wind, rain, tide, and moon data for site planning.

NO-GO CHECKS

Compare surface wind, gusts, and expected wind at operating height. Stay within aircraft and payload limits.

Check precipitation, drizzle, humidity, and wet landing surface risks. Do not rely on IP ratings alone.

Confirm visual line-of-sight conditions, haze, smoke, glare, fog, and low cloud.

Plan thermal work around solar loading and mapping work around shadows and stable light.

Check what the weather is doing before, during, and after the proposed sortie, not just at launch time.

Write a clear no-go threshold before leaving for site so the pilot is not negotiating with weather pressure.