Aviation & Clouds Maps on meteoblue
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The Aviation & Clouds category offers high-resolution, flight-focused weather layers to help pilots, gliders, and weather enthusiasts assess sky conditions, cloud types, visibility, and aviation hazards.
1. METAR
• Shows real-time weather conditions from official airports worldwide.
• Data comes directly from airport weather stations.
• Selecting a station reveals all available observations.
• Widely used in pre-flight weather briefings.2. Cloud Cover Total
• Total hourly cloud cover (%) including low, medium, and high layers.3. Low Clouds (0–3.5 km)
• Covers cloud types like cumulus, stratocumulus, and stratus.
• Also includes cumulonimbus and nimbostratus (despite their high tops).4. Medium Clouds (3.5–8 km)
• Includes altocumulus, altostratus, and stratus types at mid-level.5. High Clouds (>8 km)
• Includes cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus.6. Cloud Altitude
• Displays base and top heights of clouds (m above sea level).
• Useful for understanding vertical extent of cloud layers.7. Convective Cloud Altitude
• Shows base, top, and vertical extent of convective clouds (in m).
• Large vertical extent often signals heavy precipitation or thunderstorms.8. Visibility
• Horizontal visibility in metres.
• 0-1 km = fog, 1-8 km = haze.Wind Convergence (10 m)
• Highlights where surface winds converge (red) or diverge (blue).10. Convective Updraft
• Vertical air motion in m/s.
• High values + high humidity = elevated thunderstorm risk.11. Soaring Flight Distance
• Estimated glider flight distance (km) for skilled pilots under current conditions.12. Soaring Index
• Dimensionless index showing thermal potential:
o Low values = weak thermals.
o High values = possible thunderstorms.13. Boundary Layer Height
• Height of the turbulent surface layer of the atmosphere (in m).
• Typically a few hundred metres to ~2 km.14. Clear Air Turbulence (CAT)
• Shows expected CAT intensity at selected altitudes.
• Useful for avoiding invisible turbulence zones.15. In-flight Icing
• Risk index for ice formation on aircraft in flight.
• High values mean potential for severe performance and control issues.16. SIGMET
• Official warnings for hazardous aviation weather.
• May include:
o TSGR: Thunderstorm with hail
o TURB: Turbulence
o LLWS: Low-level wind shear
o MTW: Mountain waves
o ICE: Icing
o TC: Tropical cyclones
o SS: Sandstorm
o DS: Duststorm
o VA: Volcanic ash
o ☢ CLD: Radioactive cloud
