Does anyone know of a free or very low cost source for weather information
 that would work on the EEE PC?

 Mark S.

 You mean in the air via the net. 3G might work. You can get the NOAA
 weather
 channel on the net. I know they don't like cell phones (3G) working in
 light planes
 but they do work.

 Paul Lamar

Sorry, I should have been more specific.Yes, in flight, near real-time
weather is what I'm interested in.Short of a subscription service, is
there anything in public domain that can legally be downloaded while in
flight?

Mark S.

Check out www.approachsystems.com APIC software- it runs on Windows
XP/2000/Vista/etc, is cheap and has most of the GPS system features
including an XM weather overlay.

Mike Parker

Mike,

Since I purchased an EEE PC1000 with the 40G SSD and Linux, I'll either have
to stick with s/w that's compatible with Linux or load Windows XP.  Besides,
I already have an EFIS, but it doesn't accommodate weather.  I can go to
NOAA or similar site while on the ground, but I was hoping to find something
that would provide updates while in flight.  I seems that XM Weather is the
best option at this time.

Mark S.

Pardon my ignorance on this matter. I am not connected to XM radio.
How exactly does XM weather get from the receiver to a LCD. Blue tooth?
Or does the XM receiver have a display of some sort?
I was thinking of doppler radar animation as shown on the NOAA web site.

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=SOX&product=N1P&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

Paul