Aviation Forecasts

Aviation Weather and Forecasts

Current Conditions
Surface Observations	Upper Air Analysis/PIREPS
Surface Observations for the rest of the U.S. Surface Weather Map with Pressure/Fronts	User Selectable PIREPS
Satellite	Radar

Forecasts

TAFS

Graphical & Text AIR/SIGMETS

Local Aviation Climatology
Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
January Wind Rose	January Wind Rose	January Wind Rose	January Wind Rose
February Wind Rose	February Wind Rose	February Wind Rose	February Wind Rose
March Wind Rose	March Wind Rose	March Wind Rose	March Wind Rose
April Wind Rose	April Wind Rose	April Wind Rose	April Wind Rose
May Wind Rose	May Wind Rose	May Wind Rose	May Wind Rose
June Wind Rose	June Wind Rose	June Wind Rose	June Wind Rose
July Wind Rose	July Wind Rose	July Wind Rose	July Wind Rose
August Wind Rose	August Wind Rose	August Wind Rose	August Wind Rose
September Wind Rose	September Wind Rose	September Wind Rose	September Wind Rose
October Wind Rose	October Wind Rose	October Wind Rose	October Wind Rose
November Wind Rose	November Wind Rose	November Wind Rose	November Wind Rose
December Wind Rose	December Wind Rose	December Wind Rose	December Wind Rose
Ceiling / Visibility Histograms
Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Ceiling	Ceiling	Ceiling	Ceiling
Visibility	Visibility	Visibility	Visibility
Combo	Combo	Combo	Combo

The wind rose shows distribution of wind direction per month at a TAF site for the entire 24 hours. It shows the percentage of time the wind is from a certain direction using the rings and the color indicates what percentage of time the wind speed is from that direction.

The histogram shows the percentage of time that visibility, ceiling and ceiling/visibility for varying flight categories occur.

	Ceiling	Visibility
MVFR	1000 - 3000 ft.	3 - 5 sm.
IFR	500 - 1000 ft.	1 to <3 sm
LIFR	200 to < 500 ft.	1/2 to < 1 sm.
VLIFR	< 200 ft.	< 1/2 sm.

Additional Links and Information...

Aviation Weather Center

Aviation Digital Data Service