Title:
How to Preflight for Weather Crossing the Cascades during the summer.
Topic:
Summer weather problems and their associated hazardous conditions that a pilot may encounter over the Cascades.
Speaker(s):
Allen Kam, National Weather Service, Seattle
Brief Description:
A detailed look at the main summer weather patterns that can cause problems when flying the Cascades during the warmest months and what weather information is available to the pilot.
Location of Seminar:
Regal Air Maintenance/Crown Avionics
10300 E Perimeter Rd
Regal Air Maintenance/Crown Avionics Hangar
Everett, WA 98204
Directions to Venue:
From I-5, take the 128th St (exit #186), go west on 128th St for approx. 2 miles to Hwy 99, 128th St SW becomes Airport Rd, stay on Airport Rd to Minuteman Rd, turn Left onto Minuteman Rd and go approximately 100 feet, turn right on E Perimeter Rd. Follow E Perimeter Rd to Regal/Crown Avionics on the eastside of Paine Field or continue on Airport Rd to the Paine Field entrance, turn Left onto 100th St SW and go to the first turn left and follow E Perimeter Rd to the parking lot next to Regal/Crown Avionics on the eastside of Paine Field.
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Fly-in Seminar?:
Yes KPAE
Seating:
100
seats at the facility,
50
remaining for online registration.
Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
FAASTeam
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Sponsored by Regal Air, Paine Field, Everett, WA
with equipment support from Snohomish County Airport, Paine Field.
This seminar discusses the weather information available to pilots when flying the Cascades and the various weather problems that can make flying over the Cascades more hazardous. Weather problems addressed are onshore flow, convection, density altitude, and transient frontal systems.
Allen Kam has been a meteorologist with the National Weather Service for over 25 years, with the last 19 years at the Seattle Forecast Office. Allen earned his private pilot license in 1983 at Boeing Field and has kept flying ever since. He received a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington in 1984.
Equal Access Information:
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Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 3
FAASTeam Project Information:
Seattle FAASTeam
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