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The
purposes of this site are to enhance the exchange of information
and to solicit questions related to aviation weather. In this
context "aviation weather" refers both to the general
topic and to my texts: Aviation Weather; Turbulence,
A New Perspective for Pilots; the Aviation Weather Laboratory
Manual; and the Aviation Weather Instructor’s
Guide. Links to detailed descriptions of each of
these publications are listed on the left of this page.
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NOTICE: Effective November 5, 2008, U.S. TAF code underwent
two slight format changes to bring it in line with international
TAF code. These changes were driven by the introduction of
30-hour TAFs for high impact U.S. Airports. The changes are
as follows: In ALL coded TAF messages, two-digit UTC dates are now given with every two-digit forecast hour. For example,
on the 16th of the month, an hour group that used to read "18/24" now
reads “1618/1724.” More detailed examples are available
at the Aviation Weather Center (AWC) at http://aviationweather.gov/notice/taf30.php
In
all editions of the Aviation Weather text, including the
2007 version, references to TAF code do not reflect these
recent changes. However, the new date/time indicators are
quite simple to interpret and the study of the larger TAF
code should not be impacted. Affected material is the following:
Aviation Weather: P16-8 (Figure 16-3), P16-28 (Ques.5), P16-29
(Ques.15), and Pages D-9, and D-10 (TAF code breakdowns).
Aviation Weather Exercise Manual: Chapter 6: P16-2 (Task
16-1) and P16-20 (Ques.1). If you have any questions, please
let me know.
There
are three sources for the purchase of Aviation Weather and
related material: Jeppesen at http://www.jeppesen.com;
AVIALL at 1-800-AVIALL1; and the web (search using the title
of interest). For AVIALL and Jeppesen purchases, refer
to Jeppesen Part Numbers: Aviation Weather JS
319010, Aviation Weather
Image CD JS 302260-004, Aviation Weather
Instructor’s
Guide CD JS 415326-001, Aviation
Weather Laboratory Manual JS 319020-002, Turbulence,
A New Perspective for Pilots JS
319006
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