Briefing

Four ways to prep — self brief, AI digest, weather maps, airway map.

Self Brief AI Brief Weather Maps Airway Map ATIS

Watchboard — major aerodromes

On-access aviationweather.gov cache — 10-min TTL, batched per kind.

VABB

no METAR

VOBL

no METAR

VOMM

no METAR

VILK

no METAR

VECC

no METAR

VAAH

no METAR

VIJP

no METAR

VAPO

no METAR

VOGO

no METAR

VEGT

no METAR

Official charts — IMD / WMO

Official IMD + WMO public charts, embedded live (hot-linked, never re-hosted — NOT FOR NAVIGATION). Refreshed on tab open. Where no direct public image exists (SIGWX, WAFS upper winds) the official viewer is linked.

Satellite imagery — IMD SatMet

Asia-sector IR + VIS (every 5–30 min) and water-vapour globe mosaic from INSAT-3D/3DR & METEOSAT via IMD. Hot-linked to mausam.imd.gov.in.

IMD Satellite viewer (IR/VIS/WV loops) ↗

Surface analysis — RSMC New Delhi

Hand-analysed surface charts (isobars/fronts) for South & SE Asia issued 00/06/12/18 UTC. Embeds shown: 00Z and 12Z.

All times → RSMC New Delhi ↗

SIGWX — significant weather

FL 250/340/450 significant weather. Aviation Weather Center viewer is the public free route; WAFS machine feeds are credentialed (phase 2 pipeline).

No direct public image verified yet — use the official viewer.

Public SIGWX viewer ↗

Upper wind & temperature (WAFS/GFS)

FL 180–530 winds/alts from the GFS WAFS grid — IMD NWP pages and the Aviation Weather Center. Direct chart-image URLs under research.

No direct public image verified yet — use the official viewer.

IMD NWP — GFS products ↗