RADAR -- GOES SATELLITE -- HAZARDS -- SEVERE WX -- OBSERVED WX GRAPHICS -- FORECAST WX GRAPHICS -- INTERNATIONAL -- HOME

TAF / AREA FORECAST and DISCUSSIONS

TERMINAL FORECASTS

AWC Individual TAF Request (Worldwide) by ICAO Identifier

NOAA

Example: Miami = KMIA -- Grand Cayman = MWCR -- Paris = LFPO

 AREA FORECASTS

Area Forecast (NOAA / NWS)

FORECAST DISCUSSIONS

"Forecast Discussions" are written by forecasters in the respective National Weather Service Forecast Offices (NSWFO) as a means of coordinating with forecasters in the media and other NWS facilities. These products are typically written around 0200, 1000, 1500 and 2000 local time, but are often updated as conditions warrant. They often provide significant comments regarding  the contents of the TAF (or what was NOT stated or MAY be added at a later time).  Prudent users of TAF's are well advised to also review the "Forecast Discussions".

 Aeronautical & Weather Contractions  -  Forecast Discussion Acronyms-(East)  -  NWS Contractions

ALABAMA:   Birmingham  -  Huntsville - Mobile

ARKANSAS:  Little Rock

COLORADO:  Denver  -  Grand Junction  -  Pueblo

FLORIDA:  Jacksonville  -   Key West  -  Melbourne  -  Miami  -  Tallahassee

GEORGIA:  Atlanta

ILLINOIS

IOWA

KANSAS:   Dodge City -  Goodland -  Kansas City  -  Topeka  -  Wichita

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA:  Lake Charles  -  New Orleans  -  Shreveport

MONTANA

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI:   Jackson

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA:   Raleigh

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA:  Oklahoma City  -  Tulsa

PENNSYLVANIA

SOUTH CAROLINA:   Charleston  -  Columbia  -  Greer

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE:   Memphis  -  Morristown  -  Nashville

TEXAS:    Amarillo -  Austin/San Antonio  -  Brownsville  - Corpus Christi -  Dallas/Ft Worth  -  El Paso

                Galveston/Houston  -  Lubbock  -  Midland

VIRGINIA:  Blacksburg  -  Wakefield

WEST VIRGINIA

Washington D.C.: Baltimore/Washington

WISCONSIN

WYOMING

U.S.National Climatic Data, Forecast Discussions and Zone Reports

Alabama -- Arkansas -- Florida -- Georgia -- Louisiana -- Maryland -- Mississippi -- New Mexico

 North Carolina -- Oklahoma -- South Carolina -- Texas -- Tennessee -- Virginia -- Washington D.C.

Other FREE Sources of Aviation Forecasts

Many states sponsor automated weather observation and processing systems under contracts with companies such as Kavouras and Pan Am Weather systems. Many airports have a satellite fed data base which is updated on a continuous basis... which you can access via telephone through your computer modem and terminal program AT NO COST.

It is also possible to construct customized weather maps which can display not only barometric pressure, temperature, relative humidity...but also depict areas of VFR/MVFR and IFR. It is possible to depict such information on an hour to hour basis by downloading METAR reports and transferring them to software which is readily available on the internet from such places as the "Weather Net". Two such programs are "Weather Graphics" and "Digital Atmosphere"...both of which permit the creation of high resolution maps for any location...for any desired scale.

LOUISIANA

Pan Am Weather System computer sites (Sponsored by LOTD Aviation Division)

De Ridder DRI (337) 463-0162

Natchitoches IER (318) 352-5169

Ruston RSN (318) 251-8691

Sulfur L75 (337) 583-8079

Tallulah / Vicksburg TVR (318) 574-5419

Got a comment?..."Stale" link report?....Suggestions for additional service?

waters@txucom.net