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A pilot chart, or atlas, amongst other
things, provides a month-by-month, grid-by-grid graphical representation
of wind speed and direction based on historical data. The idea being to
enable passage planning using the probability of favourable wind
speed and direction for different possible routes at different times of
the year. It must be emphasised that these charts are compiled on
historical data and the winds actually experienced on a particular route
may be quite different to that shown on the charts. Having said that,
they are most useful in planning a route to give one the best chance of
getting favourable conditions, for example, taking advantage of seasonal
winds such as the Trades, and many other very predicable winds
throughout the world. |
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Pilot
Atlas |
NGA Digital Navigation Publications.
Pilot Atlas's for the whole world. These
are downloadable, full colour pilot charts. They are fairly big so you
will need either a fast link or plenty of time. You can view them online
but if you wish to refer to them often it would be much faster to load
them onto your own computer and then view them offline at your leisure. |
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