In discussing how to determine if an alternate is required for an airport that does not have a TAF (“Non-Towered IFR,” July 2021), Mr. Motte advises we consider the “oft-forgotten area forecasts.”
Not only were they oft-forgotten in the past, the NWS decided that rather than have pilots forget them, it was simply better to discontinue that specific product. The current recommended tool is the Graphic Forecast for Aviation.
