Never noticed the KP section on the UAV Weather Forecast website. Not sure of it is new or not but I am hoping someone can tell me what it is?
Thanks!
Thanks!
here you go..
The Kp-index
The Kp-index is the global geomagnetic storm index and is based on 3 hour measurements of the K-indices, for a given value, for each of the past days. The K-index itself is a three hour long quasi-logarithmic local index of the geomagnetic activity, relative to a calm day curve for the given location. The Kp-index measures the deviation of the most disturbed horizontal component of the magnetic field on fixed stations worldwide with their own local K-index. The global Kp-index is then determined with an algorithm that puts the averages of every station together. The result is the global Kp-index. The Kp-index ranges from 0 to 9 where a value of 0 means that there is very little geomagnetic activity and a value of 9 means extreme geomagnetic storming.
Agree, its all about risk and criticality, depends on the environment you are operating in, guess the Phantom is a recreational item deigned for fun.As others have said, KP index is a red herring. Be careful with new and unproven online tools like UAV forecast, healthy drones, etc. They are often built by well-intentioned but not entirely knowledgable end users. Some of the data is useful but some of it can be equally misleading.