5. NNoott jjuusstt MMEETTAARRss,, bbuutt nnoonn--
aavviiaattiioonn oobbsseerrvvaattiioonnss,, ttoooo
RAWS: 2,200 “Remote Automatic Weather Stations”
strategically located throughout the USA
13. TThhee NNWWSS ttaabb:: NNTTSSBB rreeccoommmmeennddss
wwee rreeaadd tthhee ffoorreeccaasstt ddiissccuussssiioonn
Why does the TAF
forecast what it does
today? The actual
TAF forecaster
explains his/her
thinking here, adding
LOCAL knowledge
when needed.
Updated at least at
0900Z and 2100Z
daily.
14. TThhee NNWWSS ttaabb:: TTrryy tthhee hhoouurrllyy
wweeaatthheerr ggrraapphh
Great for
airports
without a
TAF!
15. TThhee NNWWSS ttaabb’’ss hhoouurrllyy ggrraapphh::
Forecast
temp/
dewpoint,
winds,
humidity,
sky cover,
precip…
…every hour for the next 5 days!
17. TThhee GGuuiiddaannccee ttaabb’’ss ““LLooccaalliizzeedd
AAvviiaattiioonn MMOOSS PPrroodduucctt””
A graphical
display of
the GFS
model
forecast for
the next 24
hrs. for ANY
airport
19. TThhee GGuuiiddaannccee ttaabb’’ss ““MMOOSS
FFoorreeccaassttss”” pprroodduucctt
2 different text
forecasts (GFS
and NAM
models) for every
3 hours for the
next 3 days for
most airports…
check for
differences
between
forecasts!