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I've thought the same thing. Since a Skew-T is for a specific point, a Skew-T could be run for a point every 20 or 30 miles along the route, and a narrow cloud cover/freezing level graphic displayed on the vertical profile. The main drawback is the processing power required to create each Skew-T - it would take some horsepower and iFly might have to upgrade their servers (big big $$$). I flew a 522NM leg today, in rain and dodging storms. Assuming each Skew-T takes around 20 seconds to create, that means it would take about 8 or 9 minutes to create the 21 Skew-T's required for 20NM spacing. BUT... how cool would it be to advance a slider on the vertical profile screen and watch how the clouds and winds and freezing level change with time. Like I said in an earlier post, maybe by version 20...

Don't know if it has been suggested yet, but a friend with Foreflight has a cloud cover layer that is very handy for checking along the flight route. He can also change the opacity and look at the clearing of clouds over that last few hours so he can estimate when it will be clearer along the way.