New features for the NWS Lubbock aviation page

[NWS Lubbock - Joe]

All,
I've added a few capabilities which may help your flight planning, whether you're shooting approaches or just hanging in a basket under a balloon. 
The following items are listed under each airport ID.

• Vertical Wind Profile  -- Provides a look at the forecast wind speed and direction for the lowest 2000 or so feet of the atmosphere.  Just imagine how much easier it will be to track a radial if you know the expected wind speed and direction on the approach!  Also check the low level winds to find a finer resolution forecast (than the GFS model based flight level winds) both in area and time.
  
• Tactical Decision Aid -- A graphical depiction of the TAF and METAR observations along with tools for crosswind component and much more.

Please visit our aviation page at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/?n=wxdata-localaviation to access these new links.

As always, if you have questions on aviation weather or how best to interpret these products, please feel welcome to send me a note.

Joe Jurecka
Aviation Program Leader
National Weather Service
Lubbock, TX