Monday November 10, 2008
The 4th and last Fall Aviation Weather Class is this Monday November 10th at Thunderbird Aviation at the Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, MN starting at 6 P.M. The class is 2 hours long.
Thank you for all the comments the past week on how to make the class even better and your comments are much appreciated - we now have a better screen !!!
Down below is a list of websites we have been using during the past 2 classes.
Nexlab Weather ( weather obs, radar, satellite, models ) http://weather.cod.edu
Unysis Weather ( weather models / GFS data ) http://weather.unisys.com
Free Lightning Data http://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html
NWS Chanhassen http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx
NWS Aviation Weather http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/aviation.php
Storm Prediction Center ( SPC ) http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook
Google Search http://www.google.com
Youtube Videos http://www.youtube.com
** An excellent book for this course is available for purchase at Thunderbird Aviation - that book is called Weather Forecasting Handbook ( author - Tim Vasquez ) which cost about $28.00 dollars.
I will address questions from last weeks course too and hope you have more too :)
Our topics for this Monday November 3rd:
1. Review past 3 classes ( 850 mb, 700mb, 500mb temps ).
2. Answer questions from last week.
3. Weather Forecasting Handbook by Tim Vasquez and Preflight Weather Analysis Made Easy by Jerry Miller.
4. Weather Station plots review.
5. Satellite and Radar Review.
6. Short and long range models ( RUC, WRF, GFS ).
7. Strong Fall cold fronts.
8. Fall Thunderstorms.
9. Web Sites.
10. On-line weather courses.
11. How to plan a flight using weather maps.
Have questions about weather then sign up for the October and November classes at Thunderbird Aviation and learn everything about weather from the ground up to 50,000 feet! Starting October 20th I will be teaching a 2 hour class on everything related to weather and how it impacts flying.
Jonathan Yuhas KARE 11
Click on the boxes below to view live radar data from the National Weather Service in Minneapolis/St.Paul, Duluth/Superior and Fargo/Grand Forks.
Thank you for all the comments the past week on how to make the class even better and your comments are much appreciated - we now have a better screen !!!
Down below is a list of websites we have been using during the past 2 classes.
Nexlab Weather ( weather obs, radar, satellite, models ) http://weather.cod.edu
Unysis Weather ( weather models / GFS data ) http://weather.unisys.com
Free Lightning Data http://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html
NWS Chanhassen http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx
NWS Aviation Weather http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/aviation.php
Storm Prediction Center ( SPC ) http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook
Google Search http://www.google.com
Youtube Videos http://www.youtube.com
** An excellent book for this course is available for purchase at Thunderbird Aviation - that book is called Weather Forecasting Handbook ( author - Tim Vasquez ) which cost about $28.00 dollars.
I will address questions from last weeks course too and hope you have more too :)
Our topics for this Monday November 3rd:
1. Review past 3 classes ( 850 mb, 700mb, 500mb temps ).
2. Answer questions from last week.
3. Weather Forecasting Handbook by Tim Vasquez and Preflight Weather Analysis Made Easy by Jerry Miller.
4. Weather Station plots review.
5. Satellite and Radar Review.
6. Short and long range models ( RUC, WRF, GFS ).
7. Strong Fall cold fronts.
8. Fall Thunderstorms.
9. Web Sites.
10. On-line weather courses.
11. How to plan a flight using weather maps.
Have questions about weather then sign up for the October and November classes at Thunderbird Aviation and learn everything about weather from the ground up to 50,000 feet! Starting October 20th I will be teaching a 2 hour class on everything related to weather and how it impacts flying.
Jonathan Yuhas KARE 11
Click on the boxes below to view live radar data from the National Weather Service in Minneapolis/St.Paul, Duluth/Superior and Fargo/Grand Forks.
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