Weather

One website for quick and easy text weather

Have you ever wanted a quick and easy way to get text weather (METARs, TAFs and NOTAMs) for a selected airport from one website?
This can be handy if you are wanting to check weather at an airport before a training flight or perhaps a flight just around the traffic pattern.   Maybe you don’t need a [...]

Metar “UP”

Take a look at this METAR:
KSGH 021156Z AUTO 28006KT 7SM UP CLR M03/M06 A3004 RMK AO2 FZRANO 50006 60000 T10271061 10000 21027 UPB26 P0000 SLP181
Any idea what the contraction “UP” stands for?  That is “unknown precipitation”.  You’ll see another mention of unknown precipitation near the end of the report, “UPB26″  That means that the unkown [...]

Sky Clear and Rain?

Funny story for you with humor that only a pilot may understand. I was checking the ASOS at my home airport on the way in tonight and I heard something interesting on the radio:
Automated weather, time 2156 zulu, winds 290 at 9, visibility 10, sky clear, light rain, temperature 22, dewpoint 16, altimeter 30.22

Sky [...]

How to read a 30 hour TAF

I was looking at some crazy midwest weather today at the Aviation Weather Center and noticed an interesting note in the “Top News”. Apparently, on November 5, 2008 the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will change from a 24 hour forecast period to new format to support a 30 hour TAF.
A quick background [...]

Free Weather Theory Course for Pilots

As reported in this month’s Flying Magazine, the National Weather Association (NWA) is offering a free online weather theory course.   It is designed to help general aviation pilots understand how weather theory affects flying.
When you go to their website (see links below) you will find they currently offer two “modules”  An introduction module and an [...]