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24 Hour Aviation Hazards Summary

Prior to every flight, pilots should gather all information vital to the nature of the flight. This site is informational in nature and is designed to assist pilots and aircrews for flight planning and weather familiarization. It may be used in conjunction with other preflight information sources needed to satisfy all the requirements of 14 CFR 91.103 and is not to be considered as a sole source of information to meet all preflight action. Pilots can complete their regulatory-compliant preflight briefing by using other automated resources or from Flight Service at www.1800wxbrief.com or by calling 1-800-WX-BRIEF.

Lowest Expected Flight Conditions

The lowest expected flight conditions indicated below are derived from hourly ceiling height and visibility forecasts, which are updated around 00 UTC, 06 UTC, 12 UTC and 18 UTC.

Local Area Aviation Weather Discussion

.AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...

VFR conditions expected through the day with FEW to SCT mid-
level decks expected to move over. Some shallow mountain valley
fog is possible, but impacts are not anticipated at any of our 
main sites currently, outside of maybe EKN.

A cold front approaches from the west tonight leading to some
BKN and OVC MVFR to IFR ceilings and scattered to widespread
showers and thunderstorms. Severe weather is not expected
currently. 

Winds will be calm for most sites this morning, but will be
light(5-10kts) and SW'rly by late morning with gusts between 10
and 20 knots. 


FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 346 AM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026

UTC

EDT

CRW

HTS

BKW

EKN

PKB

CKB

Experimental table of flight category objectively shows consistency
of WFO forecast to available model information:
H = HIGH: TAF consistent with all models or all but one model.
M = MEDIUM: TAF has varying level of consistency with models.
L = LOW: TAF inconsistent with all models or all but one model.

Local Ceiling & Visibility Forecasts

The ceiling height and visibility forecasts below are updated every 6 hours. Please enlarge the graphics by clicking on the images below to view details and time of the forecasts. Additional hourly forecast can be accessed here.

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Airport Specific Weather Information & Forecasts

TAFs and METARs can be accessed where available from the map below, along with other aviation relevant guidance. For airports without TAFs, hourly weather graphs from the National Digital Forecast Database are provided. This information is intended for situational awareness purposes only.

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