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NWSSafety

Mountain Obscuration Forecast

G-AIRMET mountain-obscuration polygons critical for VFR mountain operations.

Agency

NWS

Update cadence

Every 6 hours

Category

Safety

What we ingest

Mountain-obscuration polygons + validity windows.

Where this feed reaches

A region on this list means we fetch it. It is not a promise of station density: a listed region can still have sparse or no reporting sites near a given airport. Where a feed does not reach a region at all, this page says so instead of showing an empty panel.

  • Continental United States

How AeroCopilot uses it

AI Copilot warns when route crosses obscured terrain.

Powers these features

The product surfaces below depend on this feed.

AI CopilotMap hazards layer

Cite this

Permalink

AeroCopilot — Mountain Obscuration Forecast. Data: NWS (https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/). https://www.aerocopilot.ai/data-sources/mountain-obscuration.

Try the AI Copilot with this data

The Copilot has live access to Mountain Obscuration Forecast during every conversation.