Skew T diagram for Chile
Flying Culture,  Weather

Understanding the weather in coastal Chile

15 September, 2016

Skew T diagram for Chile

“What if someone told you that you could free-fly 200km without ever getting higher than 1,200m ASL?”

You just need to head to coastal Chile – and understand the conditions, says our resident meterologist Honza Rejmanek.

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