The early season, record winter storm is gradually departing the Northeast U.S. today but lingering impacts of heavy snow, mixed precipitation, in gusty winds and coastal flooding continue. Meanwhile, a cold front plunging through the Upper Midwest and Front Range of the Rockies will produce localized heavy snow from North Dakota to southern Minnesota and from the northern to central Rockies. Read More >
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Other Useful Links:
Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)
Aviation Area Forecasts
Aviation Weather Center Briefing Page
Aviation Weather Presentations (geared toward general aviation) :
Summer Weather Impacts on Aviation and Safety (.pdf format)
Winter Weather Impacts on Aviation (.pdf)
NWS Mobile & Web Services (.pdf) (August 2014)
Radar & Satellite Interpretation (.pdf) (August 2014)
Useful Aviation/Weather Website Links (.pdf) (updated July 2014)
Weather forecasting for aviation is an extremely important, yet challenging task. Meteorologists at the local NWS Weather Forecast Office, located roughly halfway between Milwaukee and Madison, routinely issue terminal aerodrome forecasts (TAFs) for four airports in south central and southeast Wisconsin. TAFs are simply a 24- to 30- hour surface forecast for a five nautical mile radius around an airport, and include wind speed/direction, visibility, ceiling height and weather in a concise format.
The four airports are:
General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (MKE)
Dane County Regional Airport (Truax Field) in Madison (MSN)
Waukesha County Airport (Crites Field) in Waukesha (UES)
Kenosha Regional Airport in Kenosha (ENW)
In addition, the aviation forecasters continuously monitor the current weather conditions and issue amendments to the TAFs as new forecast information becomes available.
This page is maintained by the Aviation Focal Point at NWS-Milwaukee/Sullivan. If you have any questions regarding the aviation weather products and services from our office, please contact w-mkx.webmaster@noaa.gov, Attn: AFP.
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