Aviation and Weather CDR Robert L. Calhoun, USN
Aircraft and Ships The Orion The Turbomentor USS Eisenhower The Skyhawk
Desert to Tropics Suez Canal Zone, Panama
Hot to Cold Andøya, Norway Andoya, Norway Negev Desert, Israel Thule, Greenland
Calm and Stormy Seas North Atlantic Eastern Pacific
Glaciers and Volcanoes Vatnajokull, Iceland Mt Aetna, Sicily
The atmosphere affects you on the ground…
…and in the air
Hazards http: //www. stormchaser. ca/Lightning_Archive/Luke%20 AFB%2 0 Lightning. html http: //www. mountainflying. com/Photos%20 Other/Wave-Knapp. jpg
Atmosphere
Earth-Atmosphere Energy Balance Diagram http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/atmos/energy_balance. htm
Hydrologic Cycle Diagram http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/atmos/hydro_cycle. htm
Movement
Seasons http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/global_intro. htm
Circulation http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/global/circ. htm
More Circulation
How clouds are made
Lifting http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/synoptic/precip. htm
More Lifting http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass. htm
Cloud Types Cirro-form Nimbo-form Cumulo-form Strato-form http: //www. srh. weather. gov/jetstream/synoptic/clouds. htm
National Weather Service tools
Radar
Satellite
Graphics
Built by thousands of reporting stations
Winds
Turbulence
What’s a TAF? • KAUS 071720 Z 071818 17014 G 22 KT P 6 SM SCT 025 BKN 035 FM 2000 16015 KT P 6 SM SCT 050 SCT 250 FM 0600 17011 KT P 6 SM OVC 025 FM 1100 18009 KT 5 SM BR OVC 009 FM 1500 17015 G 25 KT P 6 SM BKN 025
The Code Precipitation DZ Drizzle RA Rain SN Snow SG Snow Grains IC Ice Crystals PE Ice Pellets GR Hail GS Small Hail or Snow Pellets (less than 1/4 inch in diameter) Obscuration BR Mist (Foggy conditions with visibilities greater than 5/8 statute mile) FG Fog (visibility 5/8 statute mile or less) FU Smoke DU Dust SA Sand HZ Haze PY Spray VA Volcanic Ash http: //whitts. alioth. net/Paged 8 Reading%20 Terminal%20 Area%20 Forecasts. htm
Instrument Approach http: //flyawaysimulation. com/modules. php? op=modload&name=My_e. Gallery&file=index&do=showpic&gid=10&pid=4488&orderby=hits. D
Keflavik, Iceland Quiz Lajes, Azores
Questions?
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