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A319 captain reported the availability of wsi weather information was invaluable in thunderstorm avoidance on a route in mexican airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1568017 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 2451 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Once again wsi came to our rescue. The weather [to] pvr was exploding to put it mildly. Thunderstorms easily cresting 50;000 feet were encountered the entire way to pvr. If we had not had the assist from wsi; inflight; near real-time; we could have encountered severe weather and its related issues. In a convective environment; wsi (and its god's eye view especially of the radar picture) is invaluable! Wifi and its ability to connect to wsi should be an absolute go/no go system when potential for severe weather exists. It's too important!weather coverage over mexico is limited to say the least. Using satellite data from wsi (although not as good as radar) was extremely helpful. I don't know what can be done to improve the weather radar coverage over mexico. Electric aircraft (fly by wire with computerized commands required for flight) do not react well with lightning/electrical storms. Avoidance is paramount.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported the availability of WSI weather information was invaluable in thunderstorm avoidance on a route in Mexican airspace.
Narrative: Once again WSI came to our rescue. The weather [to] PVR was exploding to put it mildly. Thunderstorms easily cresting 50;000 feet were encountered the entire way to PVR. If we had not had the assist from WSI; inflight; near real-time; we could have encountered severe weather and its related issues. In a convective environment; WSI (and its God's eye view especially of the radar picture) is invaluable! WiFi and its ability to connect to WSI should be an absolute go/no go system when potential for severe weather exists. It's too important!Weather coverage over Mexico is limited to say the least. Using satellite data from WSI (although not as good as radar) was extremely helpful. I don't know what can be done to improve the weather radar coverage over Mexico. Electric aircraft (fly by wire with computerized commands REQUIRED for flight) do not react well with lightning/electrical storms. Avoidance is paramount.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.