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When planning the perfect flight weather is a huge consideration and you want to check this before you fly.

Firstly if there is rain in the air then don't fly your drone. Drone electronics and rain don't mix so don't risk it. That's our first check, check for any rain that might be forecast. A good tool for this is using raintoday.co.uk which is a website that tracks almost up to the live minute any rainfall in your area. You can also use AccuWeather.com which displays a radar and it will show you any rainfall that's on its way towards you.

Another key part of the weather to consider is the wind and more importantly the gust speed. The wind can and does cause issues if the wind is faster and more powerful than your drone can fly and you can lose control. Remember your manual for your drone is going to detail the maximum speed or the maximum wind speed that your drone can fly in so be sure to check that first.

When you're looking at the wind speed on your weather forecast always take note of your gust speed as that's the more powerful of the two that we need to be aware of. Often you may find that the wind speed is under the capabilities of your drone but the gust speed may be way over, if this is the case then fly it with extreme caution or don't even fly at all. When checking the weather forecasts for the wind and gust speeds these are all going to be giving us that at ground level, as we increase altitude with our drone that wind is going to get faster so we need to keep that in mind. A really good app you can use for checking the speed at different altitudes is UAV forecast. Within the UAV forecast app if you click on the wind profile tab it's then going to display a graph showing the wind speeds at different altitude and the gust speeds. This is a really really good feature and we use it all the time.

Another key weather condition we need to take into account is fog or mist, this is going to greatly reduce our visibility not just looking at the drone but also our surrounding area. One note on fog and mist is if it's freezing or very cold conditions then do not fly your drone! Your propellers can freeze up and that reduces your lift now.

It goes without saying but if there are stormy conditions or there's lightning do not fly your drone, also be aware if there are particularly large clouds are specifically cumulonimbus clouds these can often bring very fast wind speeds and they can also create updrafts if you've got a small drone you get a big strong updraft you're potentially going to lose your drone.

We recommend that you check two or three different forecasts on different websites, good websites that we use are the Met Office and AccuWeather they're always particularly accurate and we use these all the time. Rain today is also a very useful website if there is rain in the air it's going to show you where the rain is falling almost up to the live minute but also keep a bit of common sense if you're flying locally look out the window that's going to tell you exactly what's happening not the website.

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