Aviation Weather - Ground School

Note: This was a first attempt at recording a safety seminar, the audio quality is not great, and the audience was not mic'd, but... the information is fundamental and is a great primer for both Private and Instrument students, or an old dog needing a refresher! Originally presented Feb-2014
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Original Description:
A free ground school seminar presented by Jonathan Walter of Walter Aviation Inc., covering basic aviation weather. Part of a series of free ground schools offered to pilots and public alike.
First attempt at offering these ground schools online live via a webinar format.

[@sethguardado8178]

I bet this guy never thought that this much people would have learned about weather through this video. And I know a lot more students and instructors are going to be stopping by to watch this. Thanks for helping thousands of pilots!

[@WalterAviationInc]

You are exactly correct... I would have done a lot better job on the presentation if we knew it was going on KZbin!! Maybe we will re-do it some day!

[@freedomfriday2.040]

@@WalterAviationInc Walter aviation 23 hotel… Cleared to land runway “make an updated video because we love it” no delay. Full stop! Lol jk But seriously great stuff! Re watching this for the 5th time!

[@gurjotsingh8934]

@@WalterAviationInc we’d really appreciate your updated version of the video! Thanks!

[@Paraclete07]

Would love an updated version! Great content for us to learn.

[@Samuel-bt1ez]

Learned more from this video than 2 years of flying and studying

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thank you!

[@Samuel-bt1ez]

@@WalterAviationInc that's insane. I am coming back to studying weather and got this notification as I opened KZbin University

[@highendaudio]

I cannot thank Jonathan enough for making this video. I have seriously struggled putting all the pieces of weather together until I watched this brilliant video. Jonathan’s an amazing instructor.

[@andydevries4350]

Learned more from this video than from an entire semester of aviation weather in college. Great job Jon!

[@OBENSquad_21]

Andy DeVries now that facts 😂😂😂

[@martinchandler71]

Andy defries....totally agree...brilliant

[@martinchandler71]

Walter.....im 49, from the UK and your class on weather is exactly why i want to train in the US...dud my PPL and Dispatch. Licence there....I understandcweather more now; with ref to aviation, than any course i dud previously. I am a visual learner and cannot just learn from black and white txt books, like the UK. If you teach CPL ground school, please can i have yr companys details? Would be interested. Thanjs for bothering to share your knowledge.

[@quidestnunc9238]

Where on Earth did you attend College? This Instructor desperately needed to have written a Script ! Discursive and rambling narrative. Sorry. Thumbs down. Read, yes actually Read, the Iowa State University Press book entitled "Aviation Weather" which is the definitive course. Period.

[@martinchandler71]

@@quidestnunc9238 worked for me...every teacher is different.its the visual learning..couldn't csre less if he was a blind dislexic...if i understood it, thats what matters...

[@alizain20]

Instrument checkride this wednesday and found this tressure right on time. Love it. add a thanks button. I will donate or send $$. thanks for this

[@WalterAviationInc]

Hope it went well!!!

[@97pd48epbh]

private pilot checkride in 2 days..... this was incredibly helpful!

[@feiyuchen2067]

Ccc

[@harpoon_bakery162]

How did the check-ride go? PPL is extremely complex people have said.

[@ctez7067]

@@harpoon_bakery162 don't think we are getting an answer

[@FlightAce100]

Are you an airline pilot yet?

[@jehhh8470]

@@FlightAce100 gotta be haha

[@Eagle-hg2vy]

So much better than reading the book. I watch this pretty often.

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks! We will be featuring new how-to and ground school style videos soon on our channel, so check back for more!

[@Eagle-hg2vy]

Walter Aviation will do!

[@ctez7067]

@@Eagle-hg2vy did you come back?

[@Eagle-hg2vy]

@@ctez7067 3 times a day, everyday for the past 3 years!

[@ctez7067]

@@Eagle-hg2vy you watch these 3 times a day?... sounds like you are a bad learner tbh...maybe take notes =)

[@robk70]

what a presentation even six years later. This was very very helpful. I wish you my instructor. THANK YOU MAN. I REALIZED MY DREAMS TO JOIN FLIGHT SCHOOL AND I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE UP EVEN IF IT SEEMS DIFFICULT.

[@clap5108]

Did you give up?

[@Straightahead101]

@@clap5108 lmao

[@jaheemfingal7475]

@@clap5108 😂

[@Altayyar720]

Absolutely amazing job learned more from this vid then 3 books and 2 lessons combined

[@kings101ish]

Very good, I’m a commercial student in final stages of checkride prep and this is top notch real world Weather instruction

[@skyqueen152]

I loved the story with the bent struts. WOW! They're lucky to be alive. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.

[@adamcpf]

Probably the best aviation weather video I've seen on KZbin. Thank you.

[@tajontoms9530]

Watched this for my private ride. Back again for Instrument! Laughed so hard at “its nice everywhere except for Delaware” rip Delaware

[@tajontoms9530]

Back again for commercial

[@zombieslayer551ify]

The narrator is truly a great teacher. Much better than those from my university! God bless

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks!

[@mattgan1734]

I can't tell everyone how much this video cleared up all of my questions. Great video!

[@janecarino4320]

What a vividly explanatory Weather seminar. I wish I could be on his class for this part most boring and hard to understanding section out of all the other aviation topic, He made far more interesting and even funny. Great very talented instructor.

[@WalterAviationInc]

Jane Carino Thanks! We always welcome guests, so if you make it to Iowa be sure and stop by!

[@sophiashcherbakova2867]

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[@Robbo1966]

Far from boring weather is fascinating and an understanding of it could save your life on an xc

[@seetheworldwithben747]

super helpful !!!! THANK YOU

[@TheHeldercorrea]

I saved this video to my favorites and ever once a while I come back for a review. Thanks for your work.

[@Rookie7219]

Amazing, thank you so much for sharing. This has hugely improved my knowledge and airmanship!

[@marcelbukuru]

I fell asleep watching a different video and I woke up in the middle of this ground lesson :)

[@lilybusenbark5807]

stonks

[@JasonB748]

Best presentation on weather I have ever seen

[@morganmugadza829]

I have learnt wayyyyy more on this video in 4 days than I did in the last year doing cpl and ppl ground school. Great job!!

[@76mmGMC]

Got my Meteorology final in 6hrs and I'm wishing I had watched this sooner. Everything is making much more sense now!

[@mr.0inker398]

*Wait a minute... HOW DID THIS GET IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS?!?!?!?!*

[@susanfield9938]

This is fantastic! THANK YOU! Your module tied together 3 other ground schools for me and cemented it all together. I really appreciate finding this!

[@LawnBunny777]

Thank you! I'm taking my part 107 (UAS) in a few weeks and weather is my weak spot!

[@CharLieTj]

The best and easy-to-hear wx explanation ever for sure, really good tips. Thanks!

[@ColoradoFirebird]

Excellent refresher. Thank you!

[@leroychavez1935]

Thank you Jonathan for a very accessible seminar on weather. I found it very practical and refreshingly understandable.well done!

[@askee2572]

Best weather video I've found! So glad I came across this one. Thank you!!

[@giorgiokolaj2025]

Very informative video. Thank you for the thorough explanations and detailed explanations. Well done.

[@michaelmangano1732]

This is AWESOME

[@jimthepilotguy]

Great video! Wonderful refresher! Thank you!

[@JustBaaaab]

As a student pilot, I found this to be invaluable! Weather is one of those things that was difficult to wrap my head around. Thank you so much for making it clear and easier to understand!

[@WalterAviationInc]

Our pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@cronk6879]

Its 2022, I have my instrument check ride in a week and this is fucking priceless, thank you so much for this.

[@WalterAviationInc]

Hope it helped!!

[@patrickmchugh8433]

Thank you! Great for learning or for review.

[@pfcpilot6276]

Super helpful refresher, thank you!

[@ChinchillaDeTucson]

I'm glad that individual asked the question about how high humidity equals lower air density. I didn't realize that water vapor is lighter than air! Knowing that makes more sense now.

[@rontourage7384]

I appreciated this video! Thank you for your time!

[@Afterburner003]

Thank you, Mr Walter, for an excellent presentation on aviation weather. Thank you for making it interesting and fun !

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks Afterburner003! Be sure to check out our channel for a whole series of new videos coming out!

[@jesswhite3066]

BRB. Listening to this 27 more times.

[@wayneworld9428]

Jonathan - Fantastic class. Very helpful explanation of basic weather concepts and how it comes together for flight planning. Thank you!!

[@Tocametalheart]

Congrats on the seminar, all the way down from Brazil!

[@46monkeyes]

I listened to the entire lesson. Thanks much! ✈️💜✈️💜✈️

[@patrickgoss4729]

I can't imagine a better video than this one. Specific and removes the gray areas. GREAT STUFF!!!!

[@fredafox5602]

The best and easy-to-hear wx explanation ever for sure, really good tips. Thanks!

[@birdnerdME]

Well done, informative, and sometimes even funny. So glad I came across this video during my test prep.

[@FlyJFY]

Great presentation. I could’ve done without the know it all continually chiming in in the background

[@arkkon4715]

unbelievable job at explaining this man, so happy i found this!

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks!

[@mitchellkaye9619]

This was superb. Thank you

[@BrittanyCadieux]

Albuquerque here. Glad you like our ATC! Great video thanks

[@rileycarew1946]

Listening to this in 2021, kinda crazy hearing y'all talk about ADS-B in the future tense

[@WalterAviationInc]

Right!??

[@rileycarew1946]

@@WalterAviationInc Found this prepping for IFR checkride and it helped tremendously, now prepping for Commercial checkride tomorrow and found my way back, thank you!

[@JQuintero189]

Great bit of information - Thank you!

[@dannylovesaviation4148]

Awesome! Many thanks

[@jamessherrill3454]

Great info and video, thank you for posting.

[@Petunia31]

Watching this in Dec 2020 listening to the ADS-B conversation, thinking back with nostalgia about the 'before-times' when receiving traffic and weather info digitally was the most of our concerns...

[@johnwelch1923]

Great job. Love the guys laughing. I learned a lot too. Perfect

[@pk7549]

This was very informative. Thank you!

[@alexafox]

Idk how I got here but I learned a lot from this video

[@ajdogcurr1]

Best Aviation weather presentation I have seen. I will be sure to watch again and again. Thank You!

[@mk415030]

I just listened to your weather ground school video. You video was awesome.

[@LHG350]

Fantastic video! Glad I found it.

[@anilozdemir9411]

Amazing job! Thank you

[@asfiddleaspossible2652]

Thank you for the video, i was refreshing my dispatch knowledge and it did help. Greetings from Egypt.

[@Alex-zg8lm]

Thank you for sharing this and making this valuable knowledge publicly available.

[@WalterAviationInc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robertadams5896]

Awesome seminar and really helping me prep for my commercial check. Thanks for sharing.

[@roanschaffer7720]

I was watching for like 10 seconds and I already learned something I’ve been wanting to know

[@kareemnagy7613]

You are a legend, thank you for sharing that.

[@James-fy9mq]

Thank you guys great lession still lots to learn

[@JoseLopez-hh6fp]

I learned so much and the guy is a great teacher.

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks!

[@industrieundtechnik1761]

Very lucky they were sitting in a Cessna !!! Imagine a PA 28 it would break in parts within a few seconds.

[@csrmennogueira6120]

Excellent. Thank. Perferfeet

[@justintyson2148]

Density is mass per vol, water doesn’t actually take up more space the atoms are just lighter

[@princedeux8923]

Was in ATC school and learned aviation weather from a book (not helpful at all). Thanks to your video I’m actually starting to connect the dots and makes sense of things.

[@pboothus]

thank you for a great presentation and for helping me understand these topics better

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thank you, and glad it helped!!

[@huachuca1723]

You need to have an updated video because this was by far the best resource on weather and surface charts!

[@situationnormal7695]

Love the video! Thanks I’ve watched it like 3x

[@ryfle6012]

Great video, very good summary of all weather theory stuff, along with some stuff that isn't said often enough.

[@Mkl_777]

great class! thanks

[@mcmaviation4486]

just completed the sportys learn to fly program, this was explained so much better and in easier to understand terms for someone learning to fly.

[@howardmiller8351]

K

[@matiaswilson4768]

Great presentation, clarified a lot of things for me that I was still confused about. I’m getting ready for the written and check ride in the next month. Thank you.

[@tedk2814]

fantastic speaker, I learned a lot listening to your talk, thanks much

[@Eagle44]

Thanks for sharing

[@SquawkVFR1981]

great one!!! cheers from a German Aviation student!!

[@nathanchetram287]

Your username made me chuckle slightly.

[@Die4dutch2]

A german calling himself dutch? What world is this? :D

[@bobschmal389]

Thanks. Things are starting to clear up!

[@WalterAviationInc]

Glad to help!!

[@ericjhaber]

This was incredible. Thank you so much

[@Mez138]

Great instruction on Aviation weather. Thanks shipmate.

[@attypatty1]

subscribed instantly, great video thank you

[@syedhaiderzaidi6500]

Good Lecture.Clear most of my concepts!Great..

[@TonyPotatoes1530]

Thank you!!!

[@juliuscaesar172]

Great vid!!! The humidity part threw me off all the time until now!

[@SpeedisSpeed]

Thank you !

[@deanelliott7495]

Thank you Jon for your incredibly clear teaching! It has helped me more than anything else! I got my ticket in 1969 and now I am finally getting the overall weather picture from you. Thank you so much. Dean

[@WalterAviationInc]

Glad it helped!!

[@davidvanniekerk356]

Thanx a 1 000 000, 4 the video. I understand much more about flying.

[@DoctorWessamAtif]

Wow! I learned a lot from this video, no wonder it's approaching a million views. Excellent!

[@WalterAviationInc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelfultonjr3999]

Thank you

[@brandonsandstrom1893]

Great video easy explanations to follow. The flight services part really helped me know what to look at while receiving the information. The understanding of high and low pressures, and their characteristics really helped me. Definitely helped the confidence level in understanding basic weather trends. I highly recommend this video.

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks!

[@aronbechiom565]

Route 2 and Route 3 info is incorrect. Route 2 should take less time and an increase in GS. Route 3 will take longer, with a decrease in GS. You are correct in bringing up the thought, that the airmass is moving, and that those High/Low Pressures may or may not be there, when you get there. Excellent info...refresher on av weather before my Instrument checkride in a few days.

[@barking.dog.productions1777]

Good basic stuff worded for the layman. Some good information here.

[@britannafunka9585]

BEST AVIATION WEATHER VIDEO! ties the rote knowlege into understanding and application. Its kinda funny too

[@scose]

Impressive amount of information per time without getting cluttered

[@WalterAviationInc]

Thanks! It's an early video, but we're glad you enjoyed it!