Weather

Smoke-generated IFR didn’t keep visitors from the annual event at Hood River.

Q: Is it possible to identify the typical sequence during which snow will fall in the Midwest versus an area prone to receiving lake effect snow? It seems snow pellets or sleet/ice pellets appear before flakes in some circumstances. A: Outside of large hailstones, the precipitation type that gets reported at the surface depends entirely […]

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.

Airport projects during the next several years are expected to include improvements to weather forecasting systems.

Learning how to access weather reports and interpret them is a foundational lesson.

Q: Can you trust datalink weather even though it’s delayed? Yes. Just because the radar picture you see on your screen is delayed by five to 15 minutes doesn’t mean it can’t be used for smart in-flight decisions. Whether it’s from a portable ADS-B re-ceiver or a panel-mount Sirius XM receiver, datalink weather can help […]

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The FAA released an advisory circular on self-briefing in 2021, but what are the details?

A hangar full of teams gathers for the main weather briefing. It’s the morning of the first day of the Air Race Classic, and the focused tension in the building is palpable. Competitors all—whether new to the game or not—whisper strategy amongst themselves as the chief meteorologist tasked with the briefing delivers the verdict: Good […]