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ADDS - Icing Help Page (1 of 4)
Back to Icing Page or
Icing help page 2
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Overview
The Current Icing Product (CIP) and Forecast Icing Potential (FIP)
graphics are computer-generated three-dimensional
analyses of information related to the likelihood of
encountering icing conditions. This information is
available for the 48 contiguous United States, much of
Canada and Mexico, and their respective coastal waters.
The CIP/FIP graphics suite is automatically produced with
no human modifications. Information on the graphics is
determined from observational data including WSR-88D radar,
satellite, pilot weather reports, surface weather reports,
lightning and computer model output.
CIP/FIP graphics may be used as a higher-resolution
supplement to AIRMETs and SIGMETs, but not
as a substitute for the icing intensities and other information they
provide. CIP graphics are authorized for use as an
unrestricted, supplementary weather product. FIP graphics,
however, are authorized for operational use as a restricted
supplementary weather product by meteorologists and
dispatchers only.
The Icing Page contains 4 major sections:
- The first 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.
- The latest voice PIlot REPorts (PIREPs)
of icing are available in the second section and 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.
- The third section contains a link 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 Potential (FIP)
product.
Pick from a list of products and valid times, and then click
the altitude of interest to the right of the list of products.
- The last 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 in 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.
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