ForeFlight's Improved Lowest-Tilt Radar Layer

[@SimonButler]

Does the radar info get updated by cellular connection only, or also from a connected ADS-B weather input?

[@locus2639]

ads-b in as well

[@anthonyb4913]

Good question. Following

[@foreflight]

Hi Simon! 👋 Great question, the new Lowest-tilt radar is updated over a cellular or wifi connection.

[@shubinternet]

Sounds good to me. Can you unbundle the radar maps into a separate weather radar application, for use by those of us who remain safely on the ground and are not pilots? Especially that lowest tilt?

[@Kaipeternicolas]

How can 8Flight supposedly have instant wx radar data vs delayed NEXRAD weather I see on my FF?

[@davidmedders8178]

8Flight NEXRAD is not realtime. It is faster than ForeFlight’s data provider, but not realtime. The 0.5 tilt is updated every 2.5 to 5 minutes depending on the current radar mode (VCP).

[@Kaipeternicolas]

@ thank you for that clarification! But it’s still updated more frequently than FF low tilt correct?

[@bensunnyhome1037]

In which areas is this data available. In the US only?

[@foreflight]

This data is currently available for NEXRAD radar stations (U.S. and territories, plus South Korea)

[@jimmyfall9302]

Ads now huh? Unsubscribed.

[@banjo2019]

I don’t think you understand what you were subscribed to in the first place.

[@KY4CQ_HamRadio]

Did you not expect it to come from ADS-B?