NOAA

Cleared Direct Oct 24, 2026

The Graphical Turbulence Guidance, the NOAA Algorithm Turning Numerical Weather Models into Turbulence Forecasts, and the Gap Between a Smooth-Looking Chart and What Your Aircraft Actually Feels

NOAA's Graphical Turbulence Guidance uses numerical weather models and real-time aircraft data to forecast turbulence - here's how it works and where its limits lie.

Vector

Cleared Direct Oct 11, 2026

The High Resolution Rapid Refresh, NOAA's Three-Kilometer Model Running Every Hour, and the Short-Range Forecast Revolution Changing How Pilots Plan Around Convection

The HRRR is a 3-kilometer, hourly-updating weather model that gives pilots the most accurate short-range convective timing guidance currently available.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 8, 2026

The HRRR, NOAA's Three-Kilometer Rapid-Refresh Model That Redraws the Thunderstorm Forecast Every Single Hour

How NOAA's HRRR model simulates thunderstorms on a 3-km grid every hour, and how pilots should actually use it to time storms.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 26, 2026

The Dropsonde, the GPS Weather Dart That Falls Out of a Hurricane Hunter, and the Storm Data That Lands in Your Cockpit at Oshkosh

A dropsonde is a GPS weather sensor dropped from hurricane hunter aircraft to measure storms from the inside, sharpening the forecasts pilots fly against.

Vector