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Weather Resources for Aircraft Accident Investigation
Aviation Weather Charts
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Worldwide - Back to approx 6 months
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Worldwide - Back to approx 6 months
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Worldwide - Back to 2011.
For data passed 6 months - Must complete form and then receive approximately 30 hours after via email. |
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South America - In top left corner you can select dates back a few years.
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South America In top left corner you can select dates back a few years.
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Worldwide - Back 18 hours.
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SIGMETs, TC Advisories & VOLASH Advisories
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Worldwide - Back approx. 6 months
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Worldwide - Back approx. 5 months
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Worldwide - Back approx. 6 months
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For data passed 6 months - Must complete form and then receive approximately 30 hours after via email.
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PIREPs / AIREPs
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Back to Jan 2015. But in Sharp file and De-comma output.
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US - Back 36 hours - Scroll to Bottom
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METARs & TAFs
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Worldwide - Back a few years.
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Worldwide - Back approx 6 months.
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Worldwide - Back approx 6 months.
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Input in Right-hand Corner of Page - Back 60 hours - Worldwide - Station List (here)
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Worldwide - Back to 1998 - Including Meteograms and Text Listings (i.e., METARs and Translated). For METARs and SPECI select Raw Hourly Output
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Mostly US & Canada - If you want Worldwide some - select "Mexico & Other".
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Worldwide - Includes some access to Automatic Weather Stations
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For data passed 6 months - Must complete form and then receive approximately 30 hours after via email.
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Worldwide - Back to 2000.
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Satellite Imagery
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3-hourly back to 1974 - Various Satellite.
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US back to 2004.
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Every 15 mins - Back 2 days.
Europe; Africa; Middle East; Indian Ocean; SE Asia. Various Satellites. |
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NOAA RAMMB CIRA - Himawari-8 Imagery
[Asia, Australasia, South Pacific & Hawai’i] |
Every 10 mins back for 4 weeks - Various Satellites.
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RAMMB - Suomi NPP VIIRS Imagery
[Southwest Asia] |
Back for 4 weeks - Various Satellites.
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RAMMB - Suomi NPP VIIRS Imagery
[South America] |
Back for 4 weeks - Various Satellites.
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Back for 4 weeks - Various Satellites.
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RAMMB - Suomi NPP VIIRS Imagery
[Arctic] |
Back for 4 weeks - Various Satellites.
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NASA Interactive GOES Satellite Imagery
[North America; and North & South Hemispheres] |
Last 15 images
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Back several years - Various Regions - TPW, Windshear, DIV/CON, etc.
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Blog of various events going back a few years.
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Eastern Pacific & North America & Atlantic Ocean - Few years back.
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Various Tropical Regions. Back 3 weeks - Various Satellites.
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Global - Back 3 days - 2 weeks.
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North America; South America; Europe; SE Asia; Australia; Most of Africa. Back 3 weeks.
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Various Volcanoes- Back 2 weeks.
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Various Oceans - Back 3 weeks.
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Back 30 days - South America - Various Satellite Imagery
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IR & VIS - East Coast & W Europe.
Back to 2000. [Select from product list]. |
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Various regions.
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Europe - Various Satellites - Back to 2016.
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Weather Radar
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NOAA GIS Weather Viewer.
Back to 2009 |
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CONUS; Alaska & Guam - Last 5 days.Reflectivity & Velocity Scans
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US Weather Radar - Various - incluidng VAD and Wind Profile
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Washington State; National Composite - Back a few years.
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Canadian Weather Radar Network - Back to 2007
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McGill Radar Archive - Back to 2000 [Select from product list]. |
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Europe and selected countries.
Last 3 days. |
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Back to 2008.
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Surface Analysis Charts / Surface Data Plots
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US & Canada - Back 6 days.
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CONUS & N. America. Back 7 days.
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Numerous Products - Several Years.
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Worldwide - Back Several Years.
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Back several years. Select at bottom of page.
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North America - Various Charts - Back Several Years.
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Washington State and BC.
Back to 2000. |
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Brazil and South Amercia - Cartas Sinóticas - Back to 2016.
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Europe & Atlantic - NCEP.
Back to 1999. |
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Europe by DWD - Back to 2016.
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Europe by UKMO - Back to 1998.
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Thailand and Asia - Last 3 days
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HK and East Asia - Back to 2017.
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East Asia - Back Approx. 12 hours.
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China; E & SE Asia; N. Hemisphere. Back 7 days. |
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East Asia back to 1950s.
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Back to 1999.
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Upper Air Charts
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US & Global - including Tropical Charts too.
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Worldwide - Back Several Years.
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Worldwide - Back to 2012 - Including Analysis Station Plots; Various UA levels; K & LI; etc.
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North America - Various Charts - Back Several Years.
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North America - Back Several Years.
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N. America / Eastern Pacific
Back Several Years. |
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N. America / N & S Hemisphere.
Back Several Years. |
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Back to 1999. 850 - 250 hPa Charts.
Australia & S. Hemisphere Gradient Level Wind Charts for SE Asia and Region |
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Last 3 days. Select 850hPa or 925.
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East Asia - Back 12 hours.
Select "Auxillary" in Chart Type for UA |
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China; E & SE Asia; N. Hemisphere. Back 7 days. |
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East Asia back to 1950s.
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Soundings / Aerological Diagrams
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Worldwide - Back to 1973 - Diagrams & Text
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Worldwide - Back to 1957 - Diagrams & Text; including Dual Soundings.
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In text & html - TTAA/TTBB formatting
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Worldwide - Back a few years - Can get GFS Model Soundings as well. Some interactive features.
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Worldwide - Back Many Years - Includes some sites you cannot get elsewhere. Various data formats.
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Australian BoM Soundings - using Uni of Wyoming data by 30 years.
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NWP Model Charts
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GFS - Worldwide - Back 2 days
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US - NAM (12 and 40 km) & RAP.
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CONUS - Model Runs back 6 months.
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Worldwide.
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Tropics - Worldwide - Various model data for when there is a TC. Goes back years.
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Brazil & South America - Back 30 days
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Worldwide - Global & Regional Models
Back a few model runs. |
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Worldwide - GMAO Model.
Back approx. 14 days |
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Worldwide - Back approx 6 months.
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Worldwide - Enter the ICAO code.
GFS model runs back 7 days. |
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Europe & N. Hemisphere - GFS
500hPa GPH & 850hPa - Back to 1999 |
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East Asia; N. Hemisphere - Back 5 model runs.
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Worldwide - Back 4 model runs.
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Worldwide - Back 7 days of runs.
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Worldwide. GFS Charts.
Various Datasets back to 2007 |
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Worldwide - Various Model Extract.
Back several years. |
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Worldwide - Various Model Extract.
Back several years. |
Other
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USGS Volcano Updates Archive - including Updates for Aviation.
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Volcanoes in Peru back to 2016.
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Back 4 model runs (2 days).
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Europe. Back several years. Select at bottom of page.
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Europe - Back to 2011.
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North America & Part of S. America.
Back to 2012. |
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Oceania - Back to 2012.
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FTP access. Back to 2002.
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Back to 2001.
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Back tol 1996.
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Back to 1978 - NW & S Pacific.
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Western N. Pacific / N. Indian Ocean Southern Hemisphere - Back to 1945.
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RSMC Tokyo AOR. Back to 1951.
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ATTENTION
These are links to various archives weather data resources. Use of this resource page and/or downloading of any data from this site implies that you accept that the use of these data is only for personal, research or educational purposes. Do NOT use for flight planning purposes. WxRiskManagement and John Dutcher declines any responsibility for the usage of these data or the content of any third-party website or link.
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Links to the Following Data
- Aviation Weather Charts (e.g., SIGWX, WC)
- SIGMETs, TC & VOLASH Advisories
- PIREPs / AIREPs
- METARs & TAFs
- Satellite Imagery
- Weather Radar
- Surface Analysis Charts / Surface Data Plots
- Upper Air Charts
- Soundings / Aerological Diagrams
- NWP Model Charts
- Other (Lightning, Volcanoes, TC, Space Wx)
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