Locktow/Brandenburg, Germany, November 2011. TopMeteo.eu introduces its new service FlySat-Message in Namibia. This service offers for the first time ever in flight update of meteorological information delivered by text messages to a cell phone. In addition all the well known weather forecast services are now offered for southern Africa including Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
Even at the high altitude of the soaring flights in Namibia text messages can even be received. Having intensively tested it last year TopMeteo.eu officially launches this October the new FlySat-Message service translating the latest satellite image of Namibia into a text message. Once an hour this text message is sent by the TopMeteo.eu server to the cell phone selected by the user. Thus, for the first time ever a periodical update on the meteorological condition will be available in flight and therefore significantly increasing the flight safety in this region. Especially the flight conditions in direction to the home base and the development of thunderstorms will clearly be indicated.
In order to be able to visualize the information of the satellite image
the region has been split into sectors of 1°x1° (approx. 100km x 100km).
Using this approach a text message can be generated offering an
intuitive usability. The soaring centres of Bitterwasser, Pokweni and
Kiripotib are in the centre of the image displayed on the cell phone.
For each sector the information on cloud coverage (cu and total), the
type of clouds and the density of Cirrus clouds is hourly updated and
transferred into a text.
Last southern summer Guy Bechtold did some in flight testing for TopMeteo.eu. His resume:
During the flight the FlySat-Message is simple to interpret after having
some first exercise. However, it increases safety substantially. 400 km
out of Bitterwasser the weather for the flight to the home base can
already be estimated. Just this information enabled me to find the right
decision on how to finish the flight in using save and still optimized
path.
FlySat-Message can be ordered daily and will be sent as an hourly
meteorological update by a text message between 11:00 and 18:00 local.
It has to be noted that additional cost due to the roaming can be
generated. A cell phone correctly displaying line feeds of text messages
is needed.
A 14 day valid bundle of FlySat-Message plus unlimited access to all
weather forecast charts is as well available for just 69,90 €
Both services can be ordered on line on the site http://africa.topmeteo.eu
More information : Namibia TopMeteo