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Aviation Weather Information
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Aviation Weather Services - FAA Advisory Circular explaining weather reporting and forecasting products for use in flight planning and aeronautical decision making (download multiple pdf files). ICAO Locator - Use this page to find meteorological station codes used on TAFs/METARs. Weather Graph - A two-page graphic which is suitable to be printed on two 11x17" pieces of paper. It will help you with all facets of weather observation and forecasting. Look up weather symbols, hailstone sizes, the Fujita tornado scale, the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, a table of forecast models, forecasting rules of thumb, winter precipitation forecasting guidelines and much more!. -
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Aviation Weather Links
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Aviation Weather Center - THE #1 Source for all weather products: METAR, TAF, Sig Wx Prop, AIRMET, SIGMET, Area forecast, Winds Aloft, PIREPS, Turbulence, Icing, and Radar Summary Chart. This site has consolodated the weather products which were once scattered. If you need aviation wx info - look here first. Weather Channel - Windsor, VA - Current conditions and forecast from The Weather Channel - A quick look to decide whether or not to wear a sweater, not an official source for flight planning.
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Thermal Forecasting Help
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BLIPSPOT Explained! - Consice, practical discussion of the BLIPSPOT written by Garry Print. Consider this the quick-start guide.
Skew-T Forecast Explained- This thermodynamic diagram, or SkewT/LogP diagram, and also known as a sounding, is a graph showing the vertical distribution of the temperature, dewpoint, wind direction, and wind speed of the radiosonde as it rises through the atmosphere near the site where the balloon was launched. BMapper - BMapper is a program that overlays BLIP data onto any geographic projection raster map (BMP format) with known coordinates (not free). NE Region BLIPMAP - Contour map of thermal heights and velocities for the north east United States.
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