Aeronautical SAR is one of the most technically complex operations in emergency management - involving airspace coordination, weather analysis, and survivor behavior modeling simultaneously.

METAR stands for Meteorological Aerodrome Report. It is a routine report of actual meteorological conditions at an aerodrome, prepared in the standardized ICAO code form for use by pilots, operators, ATS and other aviation users. ICAO Annex 3 establishes the relevant meteorological standards; the current ICAO Store edition is the 21st Edition, August 2025. METAR is an observation, not a forecast. The forecast associated with an aerodrome is the TAF. Radar Wmo diensten WMO

You don't have to be a meteorologist to work in Flight Dispatch. But you do need to understand weather. Because weather can influence almost every part of a flight operation. Think about: 🌧️ Heavy rain ⛈️ Thunderstorms 🌫️ Reduced visibility 💨 Strong winds ⚡ Wind shear 🧊 Icing 🌪️ Turbulence A weather report isn't just information to read. It can affect: •Route selection. •Fuel planning. •Alternates. •Takeoff and landing considerations. •En-route decisions. •Overall operational planning. That's why I'm paying more attention to aviation meteorology during my dispatch journey. I'm learning that the important question isn't simply: "What's the weather?" It's: "What does this weather mean for the operation?" That's the kind of thinking I want to develop. Not just memorizing METARs and TAFs. Understanding them. Interpreting them. Applying them. One concept at a time. ✈️ What weather phenomenon do you think a new dispatcher should understand particularly well? #FlightDispatch #AviationMeteorology #FlightPlanning #AviationOperations #AviationSafety EAN Aviation Limited Ibom Air

Our latest website updates are now live. We now have: ☔ better display of very light to moderate rainfall, and areas covered by overlapping radars. 🗺️ new map settings to help you find radar locations and judge distances. 🔗 radar-specific links that help you save, share and bookmark your favourite radars. Watch Senior Meteorologist Angus Hines show how these latest updates work. Learn more: https://ow.ly/c2Vl50ZPvQ9

The meteorological environment during the period leading up to D-Day (from a few days prior until D-Day itself) was indeed very interesting, presenting an exceptionally difficult forecast given the meteorological support of the era. In order to effectively support the troops, decision-makers had to evaluate a complex combination of weather conditions, moonlight, the state of the sea, and the tidal cycle. Ultimately, a very difficult forecast resulted in a very difficult decision.

🤓 THIS WEEK ON GEEKS 🤓 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Dr. Stephen Nesbitt is leading a new frontier in meteorology, building open-source tools like Radar DataTree to turn decades of legacy radar files into AI-ready intelligence! LISTEN NOW 👉 linktr.ee/WeatherGeeks

For UND atmospheric sciences student Anson Tippie, EAA AirVenture was a chance to put his forecasting skills to the test for a whole new audience! The junior spent the week in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, forecasting and reporting weather from the event, where he quickly learned that pilots are looking for something different from the daily forecast. "Here, people wanted to know if they could fly, which was a completely different thing," Tippie said. From analyzing aviation weather models to delivering updates from UND’s booth, Tippie gained hands-on experience while seeing firsthand how meteorology and aviation intersect. “I really gained an appreciation for our aviation program,” he said. “Now I feel like I can communicate better with aviation colleagues and understand better what aviators need from forecasters." 🔗 Full story linked in the comments! #UNDproud | UND Aerospace

New Technology in an Era of Digital Vulnerability. And if it Fails... Modern maritime navigation increasingly relies on digital systems that can fail silently. GNSS interference, routeing algorithms and loss of weather data can create interconnected vulnerabilities that mariners are increasingly underprepared and unsupported to manage. In collaboration with Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) and RINs Small Craft Group, this one-day seminar brings together navigation and meteorology experts to explore how to operate safely when the digital layer is compromised. Speakers & talks include: 🌊 Sam Gilchrist, RNLI - Met / Navigation Resilience 🌊 Keith Willis, Professional Skipper - Crossing the Atlantic in the 21st Century 🌊 Michael Jones, Roke Manor - Navigation Resilience: Preparing for a World Beyond GNSS 🌊 Lt Cdr Anna Townsend RN, UK Joint Operations Meteorology and Oceanography Centre - Meteorological and Oceanographic Support in a Communications-Degraded Environment 🌊 Richard Falk, Royal Yachting Association (RYA) More info: https://lnkd.in/ebttrxzg #LeisureSailing #SmallCraft #MaritimeSafety

Tropical forests' carbon storage is shaped by local climate, soils, and storms, not just broad climate patterns. https://lnkd.in/e5iriu8g #TropicalForests #CarbonStorage #ClimateChange #LiDAR #ForestBiomass

GLOBAL FBO CONSULT - LATEST TECHNOLOGY REVIEW NEXUS Weather Decision Platform The latest platform to be demonstrated to us comes from Nexus Weather & Climate, a US startup working across aviation, sea ports, and ground transport. What made us take the call was the founding team: a co-founder who flew the F/A-18 in the US Navy and served as a Navy Meteorology Officer, alongside a CEO with a PhD in weather modelling and a background at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, more often referred to as NOAA, and traces its foundations all the way back to 1807. It is aimed squarely at the operational end of the FBO, which includes the ramp, the hangar and the Ops Room, rather than the flight deck, and it is the first thing we have seen that treats weather as an operational risk to be managed rather than a forecast to be read. Nexus is the Weather Decision Platform, telling an FBO what the weather will do to its own ramp and hangar, not just what the airport forecast says, early enough to do something about it. - Weather Decisions, Not Weather Forecasts - Local weather risk, in the language of the operation Read more at https://lnkd.in/dMQeA3gv #nexus #fbo #groundops #groundhandling #weather