Garmin has added new features to its Garmin Pilot app, including daily weather.
Previously only available on Garmin Pilot Web, the Daily Weather feature is now available on Apple mobile devices, allowing pilots to see future forecasts in a new Daily Weather tab.
To help provide a smoother ride, a new turbulence layer — available on both Garmin Pilot mobile and web — displays forecasted turbulence on the map, so pilots can see if it exists along their planned route of flight.
The Daily Weather feature allows pilots to view future weather forecasts up to six days into the future, and each individual day shows an hourly breakdown, according to Garmin officials.
Additionally, a visual timeline depicts if conditions will be VFR, MVFR, IFR, or LIFR and can be manipulated as a slider to see the corresponding hourly weather below.
This allows pilots to quickly discern when the best time to fly may be during the days ahead, company officials noted.
A new turbulence weather layer is now available to overlay atop the map on Garmin Pilot Web and mobile devices, making it easier for pilots to plan flights around areas of more intense turbulence.
The forecasted turbulence information is available in the United States from the surface to 45,000 feet MSL (FL450) and will soon be available globally from 11,000 feet MSL to FL450, Garmin officials said.
For additional information: Garmin.com/GarminPilot
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