Weather Resources

Steve Sconfienza, Ph.D.

Airline Transport Pilot

Flight Instructor: Airplane Single and Multiengine; Instrument Airplane

cell: 518.366.3957

e-mail: docsteve@localnet.com

Flight Planning Links

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Weather

(Albany is KALB)

• Aviation Weather Center – aviationweather.gov
• Albany Forecast Office Aviation Forecasts – www.erh.noaa.gov/er/aly/Aviation.htm
• METARs – weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml
• TAFs – weather.noaa.gov/weather/taf.shtml
• Station Look-up – www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml

Notams and TFRs

Including other services through "Pilot Web"

(Albany is KALB; South Albany is K4B0)

• Pilot Web – pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/

Weather Observations and Forcasts

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service

Aviation Weather Services

• Aviation Weather Center – aviationweather.gov
– AWC Aviation Digital Data Service – adds.aviationweather.gov
> METAR Lookup – www.aviationweather.gov/adds/metars/
> TAF Lookup – www.aviationweather.gov/adds/tafs/
• METAR/TAF Information – www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/metar/
– NOAA/NWS METAR/TAF Conversion Card:
[.html] – www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/metar/index.php?name=tools-guide
[.gif] – www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/metar/images/qkcard.gif
My somewhat more readable version of the card – www.localnet.com/~docsteve/av_files/metar001.html

General NOAA/NWS Weather Services

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – www.noaa.gov
– NWS Internet Weather Portal – weather.noaa.gov
– National Weather Service "Weather.gov" – www.weather.gov
>Albany Weather (& general location [Zip-Code] Look-up) – www.erh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=Albany&state=NY&site=ALY
> Albany Forecast Office – www.erh.noaa.gov/er/aly/
  ––> Aviation Forecasts – www.erh.noaa.gov/er/aly/Aviation.htm
> Meteorological Conversions and Calculations – www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/calc.shtml
  • NOTE
    Local Weather is also availble from the following NWS and FAA services:
    SiteSourceRadioPhone
    AlbanyATIS120.451.800.342.0120
    AlbanyASOSPhone Only518.464.6423
    SchenectadyAWOS-3119.275518.399.6586
    ColumbiaAWOS-3133.525518.828.2577
    SaratogaAWOS-3132.025518.884.9289
    Glens FallsASOS119.925518.743.1728

Non-Government Weather Links

• The Weather Channel – www.weather.com
– The Weather Channel - Aviation Services – www.weather.com/activities/aviation/
– The Weather Channel: Albany, N.Y. – www.weather.com/weather/local/12210
• Weather Underground – www.wunderground.com
– Weather Underground Aviation Weather – www.wunderground.com/Aviation/
– Weather Underground: Albany, N.Y. – www.wunderground.com/US/NY/Albany.html
• Intellicast – www.intellicast.com
– Intellicast: Albany, N.Y. – www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USNY0011
• weatherforyou.com – www.weatherforyou.com
– weatherforyou.com: Albany, N.Y. – www.weatherforyou.com/weather/New%20York/Albany.html

Cutesey Weather Thing-ies

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The Weather Channel

Click for Forecast from weather.com

Weather Underground

Click for Albany, New York Forecast
Click for Forecast from Weather Underground

WeatherForYou.com

Click for Albany, New York Current Weather and Forecast from WeatherForYou.com
Click for Forecast from weatherforyou.com