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Category Archives: General Info

14 Jun

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This is always a great web site for up to date severe weather conditions in the United States, Storm Prediction Center (NOAA) http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

17 Apr

Satellite Data

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Most of us are well aware of the GOES satellite data that are available in investigating aviation incidents and GOES data can be very helpful. Recently, however, NASA has made available data from two low-orbiting satellites that can greatly enhance a weather analysis. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has an onboard radar and

04 Apr

Archived Weather Data

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There are times that we just need to take a quick look at some historic weather data in an aircraft crash incident and it is good to take a look at some web sites. One of the better sites to get weather maps is this free site http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ which contains maps for the US and Cananda.

15 Apr

New Airborne Radar

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For a few years now FAA Federal Aviation Regulations have required all air carrier operators to operate with an approved airborne weather radar. The new airborne Doppler weather radars detect wind shear. The requirement for having this radar has greatly reduced the potential for accidents caused by microbursts. (Operations within the states of Hawaii and

22 Mar

Sample forensic report

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Please go to this site to review one of our sample forensic reports on an aviation accident . These are the type of reports that we prepare prior to a case going to court. http://www.aviationweatherlaw.com/sample_report.pdf

09 Mar

Wind shear

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Wind shear is a rapid change in either wind speed or wind direction over a short period of time or distance. Wind shear can describe the changes either horizontally (along the Earth’s surface) or vertically. How much wind shear change can impact a plane? For a smaller plane a change of 25 to 30 knots