Weather Hazards
For this week's final blog post, I chose to write about a weather phenomenon I am fairly familiar with: thunderstorms. Although there are many dangerous weather hazards like icing and wind shear, this one seems to have a combination of most all weather hazards associated with it. Another reason I chose to write about thunderstorms is because I currently live in the southeastern U.S. and if you do too, you are probably familiar with the daily summer afternoon thunderstorms and how annoying and dangerous they can be. There are three elements necessary for a thunderstorm to form (PHAK, 2016): Moisture Unstable air An uplifting action Let's talk about how pilots can use basic weather information to predict and determine if thunderstorms will develop. First, let's see how we can determine moisture content. The moisture present in the air can be visible, like rain and fog, but it does not have to be. One way to determine moisture content in the air would be to look at the tempera...
