If I don’t fly IFR or whenever there are Thunderstorms, how can Stormscope help?
Stormscope is just as useful for VFR flying, especially if you are going to get full utilization of your aircraft. During the thunderstorm season forecasts of widespread/isolated thunderstorms covering huge areas are common – often the trip out in the morning is beautiful, but the return trip later in the day is dotted with CU’s and the possibility of CB’s. By mapping lightning strikes, Stormscope will enable you to identify if thunderstorms are actually out there within a range of 200 nm in all directions. This is an especially useful tool when visibility is just a few miles in haze. There are days when the forecast calls for the potential of thunderstorms and they are isolated, widely scattered or they don’t develop at all. Other times thunderstorms develop quickly on a day when they are not forecast. Stormscope provides you with information that will enable you to make better informed thunderstorm decisions on the ground before take-off and in the air. It will enable you to make en-
