Aero-Linx!

Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this is done on the Internet.

The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into cyber-aero-space for awhile.

Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via Aero-Linx. Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always welcome, as well.

Aero-Linx: HPC's New Short Range Forecast Web Page

A little over a year ago, the Nat'l Weather Center's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center made "significant changes" to the look of the short range forecast web pages. These changes were made for primarily two reasons:

• To introduce two new graphics, a 6-hour forecast of fronts, pressure centers and precipitation valid at 06Z or 18Z of the issuance day and a 60-hour forecast of fronts and pressure centers.
• Make the pages more user-friendly, particularly by allowing easier navigation through the forecast periods and providing the valid day and time of the forecast.

FMI: www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php