Fly the route and the weather
See each leg from above, and the weather for when you’ll be there.
On a leg with a route, Fly the route flies the camera along it over the 3D map, so you and the people at home can see the ground you’ll cover.
The weather for each leg
Each leg with a route shows the weather for each part of it, at the time you’ll get there at that leg’s pace:
- Forecast for legs in the next 10 days or so, from Apple Weather.
- Typical for the dates further out: what ten years of records say about those days at those places. The forecast takes over as the date comes closer.
The weather where you are, for what you’re doing
Your trip page leads with the four readings that matter for your kind of trip. A few examples:
- Ocean row: the wind on your course, the swell (height, period and direction), the current and the sea temperature.
- Sailing: wind and gusts, the seas, the pressure and its 3-hour trend, and squalls.
- High mountain: the wind and the cold at the summit’s height, the freezing level, cloud and UV.
- Trek: rain, thunderstorms, tonight’s low and the daylight left.
- Polar and ice: wind chill, the wind, the whiteout risk, the daylight (24 hours of sun or dark) and snowfall.
Every trip also shows sunrise and sunset, government weather warnings where they’re issued, and the next 24 hours.
Safety alerts
We watch for the dangers of your kind of trip over the next 48 hours: a gale or fast-falling pressure at sea, strong wind at the summit, heat stress on an ultra, a blizzard on the ice, and so on. Followers see the same alerts, there and on the route ahead.
Where it comes from
- Apple Weather for the wind, temperature, rain, cloud, UV, visibility, pressure, sunrise and sunset, and government warnings.
- Copernicus Marine Service (E.U.) for waves, swell, sea temperature and currents. Lakes and rivers aren’t covered: there, the page shows the air and the wind only, and says so.
- NOAA GFS for the wind and temperature at height, and the freezing level.
When a source doesn’t answer, its readings are left out, never guessed.
The forecast is a guide, not a guarantee. Check local forecasts and warnings before you set out.