Aviation Forecast

Please Note: This page is experimental and provided for informational purposes only.
Always obtain a complete weather briefing from the nearest FAA Flight Service Station prior to departure.

TAF and NDFD Forecasts for Airport Locations - Click on the icons below to obtain a forecast from our gridded forecast database. Click here for a description of elements that appear in the NDFD Aviation Forecast Table.

Inner triangles within icon denotes improving or deteriorating flight conditions within the first 3 hours. Outer square denotes flight conditions for the next 4 to 12 hour time period.

Aviation Flight Categories (AFC)

Category	Ceiling	Visibility
LIFR	below 500 feet and/or	less than 1 mile
IFR	500 to below 1,000 feet and/or	1 to less than 3 miles
MVFR	1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or	3 to 5 miles
VFR	greater than 3,000 feet and	greater than 5 miles
MISSING	MISSING	MISSING

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF):

The latest regional METARs

Graphical Aviation Forecast:

Experimental - Aviation Consistency Tables (Updated at 0005, 0605, 1205, 1805Z):

National Aviation Products:

Atlanta Central Weather Service Unit (CWSU)
Aviation Weather Center
Aviation Weather Center -- Weather Outlook
Aviation Weather Center Standard Briefing includes AIRMETs/SIGMETs, weather synopsis, current conditions, en-route and destination forecasts, winds aloft, etc.

Other Products:

The NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issues a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) for 6 airports within our county warning area.