5 WEATHER
The Flight Information Services
The
The products are transmitted from the UAT (978 MHz) ground stations on a
regular basis, in accordance with the following table:
Weather Product
Expiration
Time
(Minutes)
Transmission Update Interval (Minutes) Interval
(Minutes)
CONUS NEXRAD | 60 | 15 | 15 |
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Regional NEXRAD | 30 | 2.5 | 5 |
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AIRMETs | 60 | 5 | As Available |
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| (Typically 20 minutes) |
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SIGMETs | 60 | 5 | As Available (Typically 20 |
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| minutes), then at 15 minute |
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| intervals for 1 hour |
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METARs | 90 | 5 | 1 minute (where available), |
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| As Available otherwise |
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| (Typically ≤ 20 minutes) |
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Winds and | 90 or at the | 10 | 12 hours |
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Temperatures Aloft | end of the |
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| valid period |
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Pilot Weather | 90 | 10 | As available |
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Report (PIREP) |
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| (Typically 20 minutes) |
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(Blue - Regular, |
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Yellow - Urgent) |
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TAFs | 60 | 10 | 8 hours |
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NOTAMs | 60 | 10 | As available |
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| (Typically 20 minutes) |
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| Table |
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