Predict Frost

[MikeOH58]

Title says it all...Does anyone have any good tips on how to predict whether an overnight frost will form on outdoor aircraft?

 

[Roger, Roger]

7AM departure times, lack of available hangar space, and make-or-break schedules seem to bring it on.

 

[AviatorDave]

:yeahthat:

Basically, you need a clear calm night with the dew point below freezing.

 

[z987k]

:yeahthat:

Basically, you need a clear calm night with the dew point below freezing.

Yep... and it helps if the temp and dew point meet each other below freezing... then there's a good change of FZFG.

 

[jhugz]

http://www.aircraftcovers.com/index.php?cPath=914_970_982&tplDir=fallback

I'd recommend these. The price may look steep but with some FBO's charging 20 dollars a gallon for deice fluid, they pay for themselves quickly.

 

[MikeOH58]

Thanks everyone. Thanks Jhugz, the CJ lives indoors. It's the cirrus that is the frost menace.