Getting a sense of the weather-14 days from now BY THOMAS A. HORNE FOR MOST OF US, traditional weather forecast products serve well when it comes to short-term planning. We know what to check for a flight today or tomorrow, and most of the information is in one place-on the Aviation Weather Center website. To learn about initial conditions, we have hourly metars at many airports. Terminal aerodrome forecasts (TAFs) are issued four times a day and give forecasts 24 hours into the future, as do winds and temperature aloft forecasts, forecast icing potential (FIP) guidance, and surfaceto-Flight Level 240 prog charts. Aviation surface forecasts show surface features up to aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 77http://www.aopa.org/pilot