The Icing Page contains 4 major sections:
- The first section contains links to CIP/FIP icing products.
The Current
Icing Product (CIP) represents the latest analysis
of potential icing regions. Besides the most-recent analyses, a forecast of
anticipated icing conditions is available in the
Forecast Icing Product (FIP)
product. First, pick from a list of products and valid times, then click the
altitude of interest to the right of the list of products.
- The second section contains links to graphics depicting the height of
the lowest freezing level. The colors represent the height in hundreds
of feet above mean sea level (MSL) of the lowest freezing level.
Regions with white indicate that the surface and the entire depth
of the atmosphere are below freezing. Hatched regions (if present)
represent areas with multiple freezing levels and a more detailed
graphical description is available.
- The third section contains a thumbnail of the current icing
AIRMETs
in dashed blue lines and
SIGMETs (if any) in solid red lines.
Clicking on the thumbnail image will produce a larger view.
- Lastly, the latest voice PIlot REPorts (PIREPs)
of icing can be obtained by clicking on the desired map region. These images are
updated about every 15 minutes and depict location and severity of aircraft
icing as reported by pilots.
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