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DAFS GTG (Graphical Turbulence Guidance)

Name: DAFS GTG (Graphical Turbulence Guidance)
Creator: NOAA
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

NCEP Digital Aviation Forecast Support (DAFS) Graphical Turbulence Guidance — a gridded column-max EDR turbulence field for the CONUS.

Agency

NOAA

Update cadence

Every 6 hours

What we ingest

DAFS GTG MXEDPRM (column-max eddy dissipation rate) GRIB2 records fetched by byte-range from NOMADS and baked into the hazard tile pyramid.

How AeroCopilot uses it

Gridded turbulence overlay on the planning map and cruise-altitude hazard context, distinct from the G-AIRMET turbulence advisory.

Powers these features

The product surfaces below depend on this feed.

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Upstream source: https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/dafs/v1.0/

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AeroCopilot — DAFS GTG (Graphical Turbulence Guidance). Data: NOAA (https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/dafs/v1.0/). https://www.aerocopilot.ai/data-sources/dafs-gtg.

Try the AI Copilot with this data

The Copilot has live access to DAFS GTG (Graphical Turbulence Guidance) during every conversation.