Aviation Weather

A terminal aerodrome forecast, simply known as a TAF, is perhaps the most difficult forecast any meteorologist will ever make. A TAF is essentially an hour-by-hour forecast for conditions significant to aviation at an airport over the next 24 or 30 hours.

On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be launching a completely overhauled online weather resource.

For an airport without a TAF, a MOS forecast can provide some useful guidance about expected meteorological conditions—but it has some limitations.

Advisory circulars from the FAA used to be sent to pilots via the U.S. mail. They were printed on blue paper and sometimes arrived with such frequency you felt like you were on Hogan’s Heroes—every message that the characters on that classic TV show got from London came on blue paper. A great many of […]

EDR quantifies turbulence for a specific aircraft, and it’s not a measure of the likelihood of turbulence—just the intensity.

Here’s how to keep track of a storm’s movement and its impact on airport operations with a few keystrokes.

The U.S. Air Force’s volunteer auxiliary is set to outfit 36 new aircraft with SiriusXM aviation weather and information services.

An aviation meteorologist explains why troughs are important enough to depict on prog charts.

‘The Skew-T log (p) and Me’ aims to make flight planning more effective.

The 10- to 15-minute program is broadcast live on YouTube each weekday.