Weather for backcountry airstrips
A supplemental way to get weather information for remote airstrips by text. Tentcast is not a weather briefing service and is not a primary source for preflight planning.
This guide is being written. Here is what it will cover.
- What supplemental means, and what you must still do
- Official briefing sources, and why they are not optional
- METAR and TAF by text for a nearby reporting station
- Forecasts for a strip with no station near it
- Density altitude, wind, and terrain in mountain country
Try it
Text TENT? to (406) 333-1298 and see what comes back. There is no account to make and no app to install.
Text TENT? to (406) 333-1298