aviation and weather

CDR Robert L. Calhoun, USN

Aviation and Weather

The Turbomentor

The Orion

The Skyhawk

USS Eisenhower

Aircraft and Ships

Desert to Tropics

Suez Canal

Canal Zone, Panama

Andoya, Norway

Thule, Greenland

Hot to ColdHot to Cold

Negev Desert, Israel

Andøya, Norway

Calm and Stormy Seas

Eastern Pacific

North Atlantic

Glaciers and Volcanoes

Mt Aetna, Sicily

Vatnajokull, Iceland

The atmosphere affects you on the ground…

…and in the air

Hazards

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Lightning/Lightning_Archive/Luke%20AFB%20Lightning.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

Nimbo-form

Cirro-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

ObscurationBR 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

PrecipitationDZ 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)

http://flyawaysimulation.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showpic&gid=10&pid=4488&orderby=hitsD

Instrument Approach

Quiz

Lajes, Azores

Keflavik, Iceland

Questions?