PG Surface Pressure Charts USA

Jan Cees Venema

About this app

For proper flight planning, information on meteo conditions are indispensable. The Surface Pressure Forecast Charts App will give you a 7-day outlook on the possible developments of the large scale meteo conditions in the USA, with separate charts for Alaska.

The maps have the purpose to merely supply you with large scale, longer term info. To assess local conditions you will have to consult other, high resolution, sources.

To be able to download the charts in marginal internet connectivity conditions, the charts are supplied as low-resolution images, minimizing the file size.

Higher resolution images and zooming capability would suggest a reliability of the model outputs at a smaller scale. This has been discouraged by the meteorologists involved.

The app is light, fast and very easy to use. Use the buttons or swipe through the charts.

Features:
• For the USA charts: analysis and forecasts for 0, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, 60, 72, 96, 120, 144 and 168 hours
• For the Alaska charts: analysis and forecasts for 0, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours
• isobars
• sea level pressure (hPa)
• frontal systems (heat and cold fronts and occlusions)
• weather types (rain, snow, ice, T-storm)

The charts are generated and generously made available by NOAA-WPC

Ratings and reviews

I have used this app daily for predicting weather. Most helpful, but since last update the pressure maps seem to be misbehaving, maybe NOAA'S bad. Have loved this app for years!! Use it every morning. Good for weather geeks. The developer seems to be very conscientious and quick to reply.

Does what it says... Very useful! I am an advanced train skywarn spotter. This app is great for a quick overview of what I can expect for my region. I check it when I wake for the day to get a notion of how the days weather will unfold. Thanks!

Very good app. Easy to use and interesting to view. Im not a paraglider but I fly and it provides the information I need to predict the conditions around me. 10/10 would reccomend

What’s new

Android 14 support update