Aviation and Weather
CDR Robert L. Calhoun, USN
Aircraft and Ships
The Orion
USS
Eisenhower
The Turbomentor
The
Skyhawk
Desert to Tropics
Suez Canal
Canal Zone, Panama
Hot
Hot to
to Cold
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/Lightning_Archive/Luke%20AFB%2
0Lightning.html
http://www.mountainflying.com/Photos%20Other/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/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 071720Z 071818 17014G22KT
P6SM SCT025 BKN035 FM2000 16015KT
P6SM SCT050 SCT250 FM0600 17011KT
P6SM OVC025 FM1100 18009KT 5SM
BR OVC009 FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM
BKN025
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/Paged8Reading%20Terminal%20Area%20Forecasts.htm
Instrument Approach
http://flyawaysimulation.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showpic&gid=10&pid=4488&orderby=hitsD
Keflavik, Iceland
Quiz
Lajes, Azores
Questions?