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Dynamic weather model systems and methods are operable to assess weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment receives a radar return from the weather, determines reflectivity information from the received radar return, retrieves a weather model from a weather model data bas

Dynamic weather model systems and methods are operable to assess weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment receives a radar return from the weather, determines reflectivity information from the received radar return, retrieves a weather model from a weather model data base, compares the weather with the retrieved weather model and the determined reflectivity information, predicts a characteristic of the weather based upon the comparison of the weather and the weather model, and determines if the predicted characteristic is potentially hazardous to the airborne aircraft. The weather model is defined by at least one weather modeling algorithm, and is defined by at least one of a parameter and a variable parameter range residing in a weather characteristics database.

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The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. A method for assessing weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft, the method comprising:receiving a radar return from observed weather;determining reflectivity information from the r

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. A method for assessing weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft, the method comprising:receiving a radar return from observed weather;determining reflectivity information from the received radar return;retrieving a weather model from a weather model database comprising a plurality of weather models, wherein the weather model is defined by at least one weather modeling algorithm;inputting the determined reflectivity information into the at least one weather modeling algorithm of the weather model;determining modeled weather based upon the reflectivity information input into the at least one weather modeling algorithm;comparing the modeled weather determined from the retrieved weather model with the determined reflectivity information of the observed weather to determine if the modeled weather represents the observed weather;selecting the weather model in response to the modeled weather representing the observed weather;predicting a characteristic of the observed weather based upon the selected weather model; anddetermining if the predicted characteristic is potentially hazardous to the airborne aircraft.