Forecasting Aviation Convective Impacts with INSITE

Introduction

A long line of planes waiting for take off.

Thunderstorms are one of the most hazardous weather phenomena that forecasters monitor and assess. The National Weather Service (NWS) has developed the INSITE tool (INtegrated Support for Impacted air-Traffic Environments) to improve NWS convective impact forecasts by providing more precise convective impact areas in aviation forecast products. These improved forecast products can reduce delays in air-traffic and increase efficiency in the National Airspace System (NAS).

INSITE is currently (as of May 2017) located at https://esrl.noaa.gov/fiqas/tech/impact/insite. In the future it will likely move to another location.