Short instructional video excerpt where Kenny Keller introduces the Aviation Area Forecast (FA) as a source of general en route weather over a wide region. He emphasizes that an FA covers a large area (demonstrated with a large U.S. map) — roughly 3,000 square miles across several states — and offers a simple memory aid for its purpose.
Aviation. Area forecast. Here's a good one that I like to ask a lot. And a lot of guys I'm surprised that messed this up. General weather conditions over a wide region and a good source for en route weather. How big of a region, you ask? I'm going to show you.
I'll take you down the hall here because I want to show you something cool. I really, really like this room. I've been dying to come down here and choose something and this is what I've had in mind for area forecast. Check this out. Great big map in the United States. Area forecast. What size is it? Large area, approximately 3,000 square miles over several states. Area forecast. There you go. Memory aid.
