Threshold Weather Wind Shear 
Flying Magazine
MAY 26, 2025
Even if you have a datalink weather capability in the cockpit, dont give up on your air traffic controllers. Your satellite-based weather receiver becomes less effective in the busy terminal area due to its latencyespecially if an update or two is missed. Plus, the airspace is more congested, giving you less options to deviate.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 2, 2025
He said that as he approached the airport, the reported weather indicated the wind was aligned with the runway. He said that after the event the windsock showed a right crosswind and he believed that there was some wind shear that resulted in the right wing raising during the event.
Flying Magazine
MAY 1, 2024
Answer: When looking at the surface analysis chart issued every three hours by meteorologists at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC), you may have seen a tan dashed line with a label “OUTFLOW BNDRY” nearby. Crescent-shaped convective outflow boundary as detected on NEXRAD Doppler weather radar.
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