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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 >

The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport near Janesville (JVL) and the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport (SBM) will are now official TAF sites, as of July 1st at 18Z (1 pm). 

 

What is a TAF? A Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is a 24- to 30- hour surface forecast for a five nautical mile radius around an airport. TAFs include the forecast wind speed, wind direction, visibility, ceiling height and weather in a concise format. TAFs are issued by the local National Weather Service office. They are routinely issued four times per day and amended as the weather or forecast dictates. 

 

There are many airports around the country, but only a handful are designated as TAF sites. You can view the TAFs on various websites, and the Aviation Weather Center is one of them. The image below shows the TAF sites around southern Wisconsin.

TAF Locations

 

For more information about aviation forecasts for southern Wisconsin, go to our Aviation website: https://www.weather.gov/mkx/aviation.

 

If you have any questions regarding TAFs or southern Wisconsin weather, email us at nws.milwaukee@noaa.gov

 


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Milwaukee/Sullivan