Safety Publications/Articles

Satisfy your Weather Curiosity

The links below provide in depth information on weather topics. This information supplements the AOPA Air Safety Foundation's premier live seminar Weather Wise: Practical Tips and Tactical Tricks. Visit ASF's seminar page for a listing of ASF's live seminars.

	Fronts
	Cold Facts about Cold Fronts — Spring has sprung and with it come some of the worst fronts Storming the Front — How air masses wage meteorological war

	Stability
	Stability — How bubbles of air can upset the atmosphere

	Visibility
	Fast-forming Fog — VFR into IMC procedures Fogged on Final — Low clouds and fog cause more problems for pilots than the big weather hazards that many of us worry about

	Thunderstorm
	Thunderstorms — A thunderstorm unites just about every hazard known to aviation!

	Turbulence
	Turbulence — What causes bumps in the air

	Icing
	Landmark Accidents: Cold Realities — Air Florida ice/snow accident Ice Folklore — Ice accidents despite de-icing equiment ASF Safety Advisor Aircraft Icing

	Clouds as Sign Posts
	Among the Clouds — What's it like in there? Major Cloud Types

	Online Weather Resources
	Duats Duat ADDS

	Flight Planning to Avoid Terrain
	Terrain Avoidance Plan (TAP) ADDS Flight Path Tool

	Pireps
	SkySpotter^® — Online Training Program Pirep Checklist

	Test Your Knowledge
	Pireps Aircraft Icing Weather

	Flight Preparations
	Of Forecasts and Pireps — Forecast versus actual flight conditions Weather Wolves — Weather preflight considerations The Weather Briefing — Briefing overview Weather on the Web — How-to guide about reading weather charts