Help using PIREP FORM:
The FORM for creating custom PIREPs plots requires a few
parameters. You can choose a region of your own simply
by entering the latitude and longitude coordinates of the
southwest and northeast corners. You may also choose what
types of PIREPs you are interested in: ICING, TURBULENCE,
WEATHER, or SKY CONDITIONS. In relation to ICING and
TURBULENCE, a minimum and maximum severity may be chosen
in order to neglect plotting of "Negative" reports, or
"Light" reports. Lastly, a time window from 2 to 6 hours
of the most recent data may be specified.
U.S. air carriers are generally the only aircraft to
transmit voice Pilot Reports via National Weather Service
communication circuits. Therefore, there are rarely PIREPs
outside of the continental U.S. and the immediate coastal
regions. There are some Canadian and Alaskan PIREPs but
almost no Mexican reports. There are oceanic AIREPs in the
database which include temperature and wind data. Choose
the "Weather" category to see plots of that data over ocean
regions. Otherwise, plots of non-U.S. regions will likely
come up blank. Sorry.
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