Article: The stealthy storms: embedded thunderstorms can be deadly poison for any IFR flier. The best antidote is reading the signs before takeoff.(WX SMARTS)

Article: WST climatology: a typical July evening in Kansas will spawn its ...
IFR;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... The thunderstorms I am describing are those that meet Convective SIGMET criteria and therefore are significant to aviators. Worth ... the after noon and early evening, normally don't meet Convective SIGMET criteria. For more information about Convective SIG METs ...

Article: Flying in bad weather is high risk.
Flying Safety;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... ATC then advised their traffic of Convective SIGMET 11E (See Figure 2). The advisory ... to 60 knots were also possible. A convective SIGMET implies severe to extreme turbulence ... service station for more information on Convective SIGMET 11E. (It is not known if the crew ...

Article: Thunderstorm avoidance
Plane and Pilot;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... controller said, "Attention all aircraft: Hazardous weather information available for convective SIGMET niner-three-Charlie for New Mexico and convective SIGMET niner-four-Charlie for Texas available in flight advisory frequencies." There ...

Article: What am I doing out here...?
Plane and Pilot;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 5:58:28, the controller informed the pilot that a convective SIGMET had been issued for an "area of severe thunderstorms moving ... the altimeter setting and asked if the pilot had received convective SIGMET "24 central" for his route of flight. The pilot replied ...

Article: the Ugly side of Spring
Plane and Pilot;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the southeastern quarter of the United States based on convective SIGMET climatology compiled at the Aviation Weather Center (AWC ... only for areas or lines of thunderstorms that meet the convective SIGMET criteria. In other words, these thunderstorms have to ...

Article: FSS improvements.(READBACK)(Letter to the editor)
IFR;  July 1, 2007 ;     665 words ... ... after three minutes): "I don't think I can look at the radar without a route on this thing. Oh, look, here's the Convective SIGMET text, would that help?" Me: "Maybe, but, uh, don't you have a radar summary chart or some thing?" Briefer ...

Article: Trouble On The Horizon
Plane and Pilot;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... minute before the observation. Had the pilot checked weather prior to departure, he likely would have been told that a convective SIGMET was current for an area that included FES. The SIGMET warned of a severe line of thunderstorms moving east-southeast ...