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?