Weather

Cancellations continue at several airports, resulting in a domino effect across the nation's air travel grid.
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Rain showers and thunderstorms are one and the same from a pilot's perspective.
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From year to year there may be a stark contrast in where severe weather strikes, especially thunderstorms that produce tornadoes.
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Hundreds of flights were canceled after a storm dropping more than 25 inches of rain prompted the airport to temporarily shut down operations.
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Winter and airframe icing are like peanut butter and jelly; it’s hard to imagine one without the other.
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Temperature inversions are quite common in the lower troposphere and are created by several different atmospheric processes.
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Broad-scale weather patterns impact the Eastern U.S. in the colder months.
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The AFD is a vehicle for the forecaster to document technical reasoning behind the forecast they just issued.
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The goal of the coded form was to allow forecasters and observers to key in data quickly.
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When there’s a discrepancy, an aviation weather forecaster can make an update.
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