Aviation Products

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TAFS | TWEBS | METARS | Other Aviation Resources

Collaborative Convective Forecast Product

NWS Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (How to decode TAFs)

• Huron, SD
• Sioux City, IA
• Sioux Falls, SD
• Raw text TAFs for individual stations:

Transcribed Weather Broadcast Text (TWEB)

• Synopsis
• Local TWEB Routes
  • Route 316 KFSD - KPIR
  • Route 243 KMSP - KRWF - KFSD
  • Route 302 KSUX Local Vicinity
• Regional TWEB Routes
  • South Dakota
  • Minnesota
  • Iowa
  • Nebraska
• Aviation Weather Center's TWEB Page

Surface Aviation Observations (METAR)

• From the Aviation Weather Center's ADDS:

• From NOAA/NWS Internet Services Group

• Alternative Sources for METAR Observations:
  • Latest Raw Observation
    • Huron
    • Sioux City
    • Sioux Falls
  • Decoded 2-Day History
    • Huron
    • Sioux City
    • Sioux Falls
    • Other locations around the Northern Plains
  • Texas A&M Weather Interface (Select "Raw Data" in the data category section.)

Aviation Products and Other Links

• Aviation Weather Center
  • Official Forecast Products (Text/Graphical)
  • Aviation Digital Data Services
  • Experimental Forecast Products
• The Front - A newsletter for the Aviation Community
• Pilots - Track your PIREPS!
  
• Real-Time Airport Status (from Air Traffic Control System Command Center) 
• Weather Activity Planner - Input the weather conditions needed for your activity...and the planner will let you know when those conditions are forecast at your location within the next 7 days.

Pilots and Balloonists...You might want to also check out our Upper Air Data and Forecast Models Pages!!!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fsd/aviation.htm