Graphical Forecast for Aviation

[gtg947h]

Figured some here would find this interesting.  Looks to be a tool that takes model output and provides things like winds aloft, ceiling, visibility, cloud cover, etc. with a time slider and other options.  Looks to be really useful to me as a private pilot.

http://www.aviationweather.gov/gfa

Also, an article from IFR magazine that goes into some of the detail about what models are used and how they're output:

http://www.ifr-magazine.com/issues/32_6/features/Introducing-GFA_981-1.html

[isohume]

Those grids are produced by local WFOs. Notice only a few locations have fcsts. Eventually all WFOs will be participating. Eventually. They've been saying this since 2005.