• Facilitated by: Jerry Griffin
• Approximate course length: 1.5 hours
• Target Audience:NWS Meteorologist Interns
• Prerequisite: None

This course introduces the learner to Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs) products, policies and coding used by the NWS to forecast aviation weather at airports across the U.S. and its territories.

TAFs products are a key source of information used for flight planning and aircraft movement across the National Airspace System (NAS).

NWS TAF policies and procedures are located in NWS Instruction 10-813.

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Instructions

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Course Title: Introduction to TAF

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Objectives

By the end of the course, new NWS meteorologists should be able to:

• Describe the purpose and importance of the TAF product.
• Encode and properly format a TAF product.
• Define amendment criteria and apply it to a TAF.
• Describe resources and tools to help you prepare TAFs.

 

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Lessons

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• Lesson 1 TAF Overview
• Lesson 2 Why TAFs are Important
• Lesson 3 Weather Groups
• Lesson 4 Forecast Change Groups
• Lesson 5 Unscheduled TAFs
• Lesson 6 Amendments
• Lesson 7 Preparation
• Course Summary

 

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