Aviation Weather Center Website Upgrade

While the site was due for an update, some of the changes haven’t necessarily been a step forward.

Scott Dennstaedt, Ph.D

Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:38 PM ET

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The new Aviation Weather Center site launched on October 16. [Courtesy: NOAA]

Key Takeaways:

The aviationweather.gov website received a major overhaul, centralizing most weather data on the Graphical Forecasts for Aviation (GFA) webpage.
Key improvements include its development as a Progressive Web App (PWA) for enhanced mobile responsiveness and the introduction of a platform-agnostic cross-section tool.
However, the update involved terminating dozens of static imagery products, deemed a significant loss, and introduced some deficiencies, such as reduced interactive GFA resolution and inconsistent cross-border forecast availability.

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If you frequently use aviationweather.gov for your preflight planning, by now you’ve noticed a new look and feel to the Aviation Weather Center website. That’s because on October 16, the website received a long overdue facelift. There were a lot of changes—some of them for the better, but also some for the worse. Here’s a brief summary of a few of the more significant alterations.

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Overview

A majority of the weather data will appear on the graphical forecasts for aviation (GFA) webpage. This is the heart and soul of the new site. Here’s a brief description of the purpose of this page as posted in the GFA help on aviationweather.gov.