Weather Reports, Forecasts & Flight Planning (Paperback, 3rd edition)

Praise for previous editions:
The best new book on the subject...comprehensive, authoritative, and filled with examples and illustrations...beneficial to student pilots and pros alike.--AOPA Pilot

Lankfords book does a much better job of helping pilots understand reports and forecasts than Aviation Weather Services. In addition, Lankford explains quite a bit of meteorology as he shows you how to understand written material and charts.--Flight Training magazine

Whether youre flying into the wild blue yonder, gray skies, or pitch-black night, Terry T. Lankfords classic weather guide for pilots is your one indispensable source for clear meteorological information. In this easy-to-understand book, FAA Weather Specialist and 30-year veteran pilot Lankford gives pilots practical weather guidance for safer flights.

In WEATHER REPORTS, FORECASTS & FLIGHT PLANNING, youll find more than weather theory and simple assessment information. Terry Lankford gives you:

* Hands-on advice on pilot interpretation and application of diverse weather information

* The voice of experience in applying real-life techniques to specific information

* Pilot-tested, best-practice procedures for all types of conditions, forecasts, and flight planning

* Vital information on challenges such as vorticity, icing, low-level wind shear, thunderstorms, and turbulence

* A pilot-savvy understanding of the limitations and evolution of weather forecasting

* Clarifications of dangerous misunderstandings and misconceptions about weather forecasts and terminology

* The most efficient ways to get the meteorological information you need and make maximum use of FAA automated services

* Decoding of weather and NOTAM abbreviations

NEW IN THIS EDITION:

* Coverage of satellite imagery

* Completely updated to METAR format

* NEXRAD and Leading-Edge radar products

* National Weather Service procedures, techniques, reorganization

* Aviation Weather Channel web page help

* Mountain Wave Forecasts information

* Wind chill/comfort index

Providing the equivelant of in-depth experience in gathering, interpreting, and applying meteorological information, this book puts the goal of weather-wise piloting within easy reach. WEATHER REPORTS, FORECASTS & FLIGHT PLANNING will raise your confidence level as it raises your skills.

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