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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

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Aviation Climatology for KMAF

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KMAF Aviation Climatology

The following values are percent of occurrence of different flying weather conditions.

The data was derived from 31 years of data (1973-2004).

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Ceiling between 1000-3000 feet and/or Visibility between 3-5 miles (MVFR)
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 7 % 6 % 6 % 4 % 4 % 1 % 1 % 2 % 4 % 5 % 5 % 5 % 4.2%
4 am 6 % 6 % 7 % 5 % 5 % 2 % 1 % 2 % 4 % 6 % 7 % 6 % 4.8%
7 am 6 % 7 % 10 % 7 % 9 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 5 % 8 % 8 % 7 % 6.1%
10 am 7 % 8 % 10 % 11% 12% 9 % 4 % 3 % 9 % 9 % 8 % 8 % 8.2%
1 pm 8 % 8 % 12 % 12% 16% 13% 8 % 7 % 14% 11% 10% 8 % 6.6%
4 pm 8 % 8 % 10 % 10% 12% 10% 7 % 7 % 12% 12% 9 % 6 % 8.7%
7 pm 9 % 9 % 8 % 7 % 7 % 5 % 4 % 3 % 9 % 9 % 8 % 8 % 7.2%
10 pm 8 % 8 % 7 % 4 % 5 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 5 % 5 % 7 % 7 % 5.2%

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Ceiling greater than or = 500 feet to less than 1000 feet and/or Visibility greater than or = to 1mile to less than 3 miles (IFR)
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 3 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 3 % 3 % 1.7%
4 am 3 % 4 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 3 % 3 % 4 % 1.9%
7 am 4 % 5 % 3 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 3 % 4 % 5 % 4 % 2.8%
10 am 4 % 7 % 4 % 4 % 3 % 1 % 2 % 2 % 4 % 6 % 5 % 4 % 3.8%
1 pm 6 % 7 % 4 % 6 % 5 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 5 % 7 % 6 % 3 % 4.6%
4 pm 7 % 6 % 4 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 5 % 6 % 5 % 5 % 3.8%
7 pm 5 % 6 % 3 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 3 % 3 % 4 % 4 % 2.5%
10 pm 4 % 3 % 2 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 2 % 4 % 1.9%

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Ceiling greater than or = to 200 feet to less than 500 feet and/or Visibility greater than or = to 1/2 mile to less than 1 mile (LIFR)
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 4 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 0.9%
4 am 4 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 2 % 2 % 1.2%
7 am 4 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 3 % 2 % 1.7%
10 am 5 % 4 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 3 % 3 % 5 % 4 % 2.3%
1 pm 6 % 5 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 4 % 4 % 6 % 4 % 3.2%
4 pm 6 % 5 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 4 % 4 % 2.3%
7 pm 4 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 2 % 2 % 1.1%
10 pm 3 % 2 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 1 % 0.8%

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Ceiling less than 200 feet and/or Visibility less than 1/2 mile (VLIFR)
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 1 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 0.4%
4 am 3 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 0.8%
7 am 4 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 3 % 1.1%
10 am 6 % 4 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 3 % 3 % 1.7%
1 pm 5 % 6 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 3 % 3 % 4 % 2.2%
4 pm 3 % 3 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 0.8%
7 pm 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 0.3%
10 pm 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 0.2%

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Ceiling less than or = to 3000 feet and/or Visibility less than or = to 5 miles
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 15% 12% 10% 5 % 5 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 0.4%
4 am 16% 14% 11% 0 % 6 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 0.8%
7 am 18% 17% 16% 0 % 11% 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 3 % 1.1%
10 am 22% 23% 17% 1 % 16% 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 3 % 3 % 1.7%
1 pm 25% 26% 21% 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 3 % 3 % 4 % 2.2%
4 pm 24% 22% 16% 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 0.8%
7 pm 19% 18% 12% 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 0.3%
10 pm 16% 13% 9 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 0.2%

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Ceiling less than 1000 feet and/or Visibility less than 3 miles
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 8% 12% 4% 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 6 % 6 % 3.5%
4 am 10% 8% 4% 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 3 % 4 % 6 % 8 % 3.8%
7 am 12% 10% 6% 2 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 5 % 7 % 10% 9 % 5.5%
10 am 15% 15% 7% 6 % 4 % 1 % 2 % 2 % 7 % 11% 13% 11% 7.8%
1 pm 17% 18% 9% 9 % 7 % 3 % 3 % 3 % 10% 14% 15% 11% 9.9%
4 pm 16% 14% 6% 4 % 3 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 7 % 8 % 10% 11% 6.8%
7 pm 10% 9% 4% 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 4 % 4 % 6% 7 % 3.8%
10 pm 8% 5% 2 % 3 % 1 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 5% 5 % 2.8%

Skip low instrument flight rules and below occurrence table.

Ceiling less than 500 feet and/or Visibility less than 1 mile
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 4 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 0.9%
4 am 4 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 2 % 2 % 1.2%
7 am 4 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 3 % 2 % 1.7%
10 am 5 % 4 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 3 % 3 % 5 % 4 % 2.3%
1 pm 6 % 5 % 3 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 1 % 4 % 4 % 6 % 4 % 3.2%
4 pm 6 % 5 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 2 % 4 % 4 % 2.3%
7 pm 4 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 2 % 2 % 1.1%
10 pm 3 % 2 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 1 % 0.8%

 

Ceiling less than 200 feet and/or Visibility less than 1/2 mile
Hour Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1 am 1 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 1 % 0.4%
4 am 3 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 0.8%
7 am 4 % 2 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 3 % 1.1%
10 am 6 % 4 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 2 % 3 % 3 % 1.7%
1 pm 5 % 6 % 2 % 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 3 % 3 % 4 % 2.2%
4 pm 3 % 3 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 2 % 0.8%
7 pm 1 % 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 0.3%
10 pm 1 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 % 1 % 0 % 0.2%
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