P&E ON INSTRUMENTS THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER'S Graphical Forecasts for Aviation (GFA) tool can serve as a 100 | valuable source of ceiling and visibility information at candidate destination and alternate airports not served by TAFs. The GFA tool replaces the earlier, textual area forecasts. AOPA Flight Planner Powered by Jeppesen PLAN YOUR FLIGHT: Want to fly with a friend this weekend to do some sea kayaking? With just the basic information - origin, destination and ETD - AOPA's Flight Planner will help plan your flight including fuel stops, adjusting for weather forecasts and visualizing terrain - like no other planner. FLY YOUR PLAN: AOPA Flight Planner can easily export that flight plan from Yakutat to Gustavus to your favorite EFB. Compatible with most EFBs including ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, and WingX Pro7. general predictions, such as the Aviation Weather Center's Graphical Forecasts for Aviation tool for ceiling and visibility. Go online (www.aviationweather.gov/gfa) to familiarize yourself with this replacement for the now-obsolete, textual area forecasts of yore. Thinking more carefully about alternate airports and low weather should convince you to carry plenty of fuel when flying in hard IFR. Perhaps now you can see how having those NBAA fuel reserves can make a lot of sense. But perhaps most important is your comfort level with the thought of flying in low IMC. Don't feel like having the pressure of worrying about missing an approach and flying into still more bad weather? Weather below minimums for your takeoff? Then maybe it's time to wait it out until skies clear up a bit, and ceilings and visibilities rise. AOPA EMAIL tom.horne@aopa.orghttp://www.aviationweather.gov/gfa http://aopa.org/flightplanning