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An Aviation Area Forecast or FA or ARFOR encompasses the weather conditions over a large regional area and is considered one of the better sources of information for enroute weather. It is also beneficial in verifying airport conditions at airports that do not have terminal aerodrome forecasts. FAs are issued three times daily in all 48 neighboring states of the United States, and modified as required. The National Weather Service (NWS) offices issue FAs for Alaska and Hawaii, but Alaska uses a slightly different format.

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 Issued 3 times Daily  Valid for 18 hours (12 hour forecast, plus 6 hour categorical outlook)  Covers an area the size of several states  Visibility is always in statute miles (SM)  Comprised of four sections a. A communications and header section i. Issue time of forecast ii. Valid times of the synopsis and the VFR CLOUDS/WX sections iii. Area of coverage b. A precautionary statement section i. Warns users to check the AIRMET section for IFR and/or mountain obscuration ii. Describes the hazards associated with all thunderstorm iii. Reminds users that all altitudes are given in MSL, unless noted as AGL or CIG (ceiling) c. A synopsis section i. Brief summary of the location and movement of fronts, pressure systems and circulation patterns for an 18 hour period ii. References to low ceilings, reduced visibility and/or strong winds may be included d. A VFR CLOUDS/WX section i. Contains a 12 hour specific forecast, followed by a 6 hour categorical outlook ii. Broken down into geographical areas, and/or states iii. Describes cloud and weather affecting VFR flight operations, including precipitation, thunderstorms, and sustained winds >20 kts. Also includes visibility and/or obstructions to vision when the forecast to visibility is <6 sm

OCNL Occasional >50% chance for <1/2 of the forecast period ISOLD Isolated Single cells WDLY SCT Widely scattered <25% of the area affected SCT Scattered Areas of 25% to 54% of the area affected NMRS Numerous >55% of the area affected WDSPRD Wide spread >55% of the area affected

AMD Amended Includes AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs COR Corrected RTD Delayed

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-:''For the song of the same name, see [[House of 1000 Corpses (song)]]
+An '''Aviation Area Forecast''' or FA or ARFOR encompasses the [[weather]] conditions over a large regional area and is considered one of the better sources of information for enroute weather. It is also beneficial in verifying airport conditions at airports that do not have terminal [[aerodrome]] forecasts. FAs are issued three times daily in all 48 neighboring states of the [[United States]], and modified as required. The [[National Weather Service]] (NWS) offices issue FAs for [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]], but Alaska uses a slightly different format.
-{{Infobox Film
+{{aviation-stub}}
-| name           = House of 1000 Corpses
-| image          = House of 1000 Corpses poster.JPG
-| image_size     =
-| caption        =
-| director       = [[Rob Zombie]]
-| producer       = Andy Gould
-| writer         = Rob Zombie
-| narrator       =
-| starring       = [[Sid Haig]]<br />[[Bill Moseley]]<br />[[Erin Daniels]]<br/>[[Sheri Moon Zombie]]
-| music          = Rob Zombie<br>Scott Humphrey
-| cinematography = Alex Poppas<br />Tom Richmond
-| editing        = Kathryn Himoff<br />Robert K. Lambert<br />Sean K. Lambert<br />Robert W. Hedland ''(uncredited)''
-| distributor    = [[Lions Gate Films]]
-| released       = [[April 11]], [[2003]]
-| runtime        = 88 minutes
-| country        = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
-| language       = [[English language|English]]
-| budget         = [[United States dollar|$]]7,000,000
-| gross          = [[United States dollar|$]]16,829,545
-| preceded_by    =
-| followed_by    = ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''
-| website        =
-| amg_id         = 1:267163
-| imdb_id        = 0251736
-}}
+[[Category:Weather prediction]]
-'''''House of 1000 Corpses''''' is a [[2003 in film|2003]] [[exploitation film|exploitation]] [[horror film]] written and directed by [[Rob Zombie]], and is his directorial debut as a filmmaker.  It was released in the [[United States]] on [[April 11]], [[2003]] by [[Lions Gate Films]].
+	Issued 3 times Daily
-Following the standard horror movie structure, the film focuses on four college students traveling throughout rural America who become intrigued by a local legend regarding the mad scientist Dr. Satan.  While looking for his site of [[hanging]], they experience car trouble and are taken in by the Fireflys, a large and complicated family that is revealed to be made up of sadistic murderers.
+	Valid for 18 hours (12 hour forecast, plus 6 hour categorical outlook)
+	Covers an area the size of several states
+	Visibility is always in statute miles (SM)
+	Comprised of four sections
+a.	A communications and header section
+i.	Issue time of forecast
+ii.	Valid times of the synopsis and the VFR CLOUDS/WX sections
+iii.	Area of coverage
+b.	A precautionary statement section
+i.	Warns users to check the AIRMET section for IFR and/or mountain obscuration
+ii.	Describes the hazards associated with all thunderstorm
+iii.	Reminds users that all altitudes are given in MSL, unless noted as AGL or CIG (ceiling)
+c.	A synopsis section
+i.	Brief summary of the location and movement of fronts, pressure systems and circulation patterns for an 18 hour period
+ii.	References to low ceilings, reduced visibility and/or strong winds may be included
+d.	A VFR CLOUDS/WX section
+i.	Contains a 12 hour specific forecast, followed by a 6 hour categorical outlook
+ii.	Broken down into geographical areas, and/or states
+iii.	Describes cloud and weather affecting VFR flight operations, including precipitation, thunderstorms, and sustained winds >20 kts.  Also includes visibility and/or obstructions to vision when the forecast to visibility is <6 sm
+OCNL	Occasional	>50% chance for <1/2 of the forecast period
-==Plot==
+ISOLD	Isolated	Single cells
-The film takes place in rural [[Texas]], the date is October 30th, 1977, and four twenty year-olds (Jerry and Denise, and couple Bill and Mary) are driving through the countryside to write a book based on their experiences.  They make a brief stop at Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen, a gas station that also serves as a side show, detailing the histories of past serial killers; Captain Spaulding was introduced in the film's opening sequence when he shot and killed two would-be robbers.  The youths are particularly interested in Dr. Satan, a mad scientist who began performing bizarre and horrible surgeries in hopes of creating a breed of super-humans.
+WDLY SCT	Widely scattered	<25% of the area affected
+SCT	Scattered	Areas of 25% to 54% of the area affected
+NMRS	Numerous	>55% of the area affected
+WDSPRD	Wide spread	>55% of the area affected
+AMD	Amended	Includes AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs
+COR	Corrected
+RTD	Delayed
+[[fr:Prévision de zone pour l'aviation]]
-Spaulding gives the kids directions to the Deadwood Tree, the site of Dr. Satan's execution. While driving, they give hitchhiker Baby Firefly a ride until their tire is shot by an unidentified man (later revealed to be Baby's brother, Rufus).  Baby and Bill take a short walk to her house and meet the rest of the Firefly family: the Mother; brothers Otis, Tiny, and Rufus; and grandfather Hugo.  The rest of the kids arrive at the house and are treated to a series of bizarre Halloween rituals.  The Fireflys are shown to have kidnapped five high school cheerleaders; one of them appears to be dead, another has been tied to a bed, and three others are being menaced by Otis (in the sequel ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'', it is confirmed that Otis sexually assaulted at least one of them).
-When Baby attempts to flirt with Bill during a show Baby puts on, Mary is disgusted and fights with Baby, prompting them to leave the house; however, they are attacked by Tiny and Otis and taken back to the Firefly home.  Meanwhile, Denise's father Don is worried when she never arrives at his house and calls the police.  Lt. George Wydell and Deputy Steve Nash question Captain Spaulding, who gives them directions to the hanging site.  Meanwhile, Otis kills Bill, [[taxidermy|taxidermies]] his corpse, and sews his torso to a large fish tail to create a "[[mermaid]];" Jerry is scalped; Mary is violently beaten; and Denise is thrown into a prison cell in the basement where she is descended upon by a group of unidentified maniacal individuals.  As Don and Nash go and check out the Firefly's garage and find the dead bodies of the cheerleaders and Mary screaming for help, Wydell arrives at the Firefly house and questions Mother Firefly before all three of them are killed--Mother Firefly shoots Wydell in the head, Otis guns down Don from a distance, and he forces Deputy Nash to sink to his knees while holding a gun to his head for a long time before he shoots and kills him.
-Mary, Jerry and Denise are then humiliated in a number of different ways, including Denise being forced to kiss her father's skinned remains.  They are then taken to the family graveyard, where Jerry and Denise are tied up, tossed into a coffin and lowered into the well below.  When Mary tries to escape while wearing a grotesque bunny suit, she is stabbed to death by Baby, while Jerry and Denise are attacked by the disfigured victims living in the well.  Denise escapes and finds an underground tomb, lined with corpses and ultimately leading to the torture chamber of Dr. Satan, where Jerry is being subjected to a horrible, grisly experiment.
-Dr. Satan's disfigured assistant Earl chases Denise throughout the lair with an axe, but is knocked unconscious when the tomb collapses.  Denise escapes to the surface and is rescued by Captain Spaulding, only to find that Otis is waiting in the backseat of the car.  Denise then reawakens in Dr. Satan's lair, with her own experiment about to begin as the film ends.
-===Alternate version===
-The film was originally 105 minutes long, but was edited to 88 minutes in order to receive an R-Rating.
-A completely alternate version of the end sequence was filmed, but has yet to be released in any commercial format.  Zombie briefly alludes to this version on the director's commentary track of the DVD, and stills from it were used in press releases upon the film's release. The movies are virtually identical up until the costume party sequence; here, Grandpa Hugo is revealed as Dr. Satan.  The film then continues on as it does in the theatrical version, up until the point that Denise is buried alive.  In this version, the catacombs beneath the cemetery lack any laboratory equipment, and are simply filled with the aimlessly wandering, [[brain damaged]] victims of Grandpa Hugo's experiments.  They drag Jerry away to a chamber and eat him before a horrified Denise.  Zombie's main reasoning for this change is that he felt that twist concerning Hugo and Dr. Satan would be too [[Climax (narrative)#Anti-Climax|anticlimatic]], and that it would be better to see the real Dr. Satan instead.
-==Cast and characters==
-{| class="wikitable"
-|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
-! Actor !! Role
-|-
-| [[Sid Haig]] || Captain Spaulding
-|-
-| [[Bill Moseley]] || Otis B. Driftwood
-|-
-| [[Sheri Moon Zombie]] || Baby Firefly
-|-
-| [[Karen Black]] || Mother Firefly
-|-
-| [[Erin Daniels]] || Denise Willis
-|-
-| [[Chris Hardwick]] || Jerry Goldsmith
-|-
-| [[Jennifer Jostyn]] || Mary Knowles
-|-
-| [[Rainn Wilson]] || Bill Hudley
-|-
-| [[Walton Goggins]] || Deputy Steve Naish
-|-
-| [[Tom Towles]] || Lieutenant George Wydell
-|-
-| [[Matthew McGrory]] || Tiny Firefly
-|-
-| [[Robert Allen Mukes]] || Rufus "R.J." Firefly, Jr.
-|-
-| [[Dennis Fimple]] || Grandpa Hugo
-|-
-| [[Walter Phelan]] || Dr. Satan
-|-
-| [[Michael J. Pollard]] || Stucky
-|-
-| [[Tom Kingstonly]] || By-stander #12
-|}
-The names of the villains were taken from the names of [[Groucho Marx]] characters (''[[Animal Crackers (film)|Animal Crackers]]''{{'}} "Captain Spaulding", ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''{{'}}s "Otis B. Driftwood", ''[[Duck Soup]]''{{'}}s "Rufus T. Firefly" and ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]''{{'}} "Hugo Z. Hackenbush", among others).  While this was left as a subtle allusion in the first movie, the sequel ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'' brought it out into the open, with the names becoming integral to the plot.
-Karen Black portrayed Mother Firefly in this film, but not the sequel.  When Black demanded a higher salary to reprise the role, which Zombie could not afford, [[Leslie Easterbrook]] was approached and later cast as her replacement.
-==Reception==
-The film was completed in [[2000]] but was unable to find a distributor after [[Universal Pictures]] rejected the initial cut, believing the film would receive an [[NC-17]] rating (which was ultimately the result).  As the film was edited to secure an [[R (rating)|R]] rating, it spent several years trying to find a distributor before [[Lions Gate Films]], which was beginning to specialize in releasing horror films, accepted the film.
-The film opened on [[April 11]], [[2003]] without being pre-screened for critics.  Those who reviewed it after it opened mostly slammed the film with terrible notices.  Frank Schrek of [[The Hollywood Reporter]] wrote that the film "lives up to the spirit but not the quality of its inspirations" and is ultimately a "cheesy and ultragory exploitation horror flick" and "strangely devoid of thrills, shocks or horror."<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1865184 House of 1000 Corpses<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Clint Morris of Film Threat slammed the film as "an hour and a half of undecipherable plot" and found the film to be "sickening" overall.<ref>http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=4247</ref> James Brundage of popular website [http://filmcritic.com/ Filmcritic] wrote that the film was simply "hick after hick, cheap scary image after cheap scary image, lots of southern accents and psychotic murders," and was "too highbrow to be a good cheap horror movie, too lowbrow to be satire, and too boring to bear the value of the ticket."<ref>[http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/5da244ef271690fb88256d0900187b41?OpenDocument House of 1000 Corpses Movie Review, DVD Release - Filmcritic.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-The film opened in 595 theaters, technically qualifying for limited release, and grossed $3.4 million.  The film saw some expansion in later weeks and ultimately grossed $16.8 million worldwide, which was successful based on its $7 million production budget.  It was followed by a [[2005 in film|2005]] sequel, ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''.
-==Sequel==
-{{main|The Devil's Rejects}}
-==Soundtrack==
-Director Rob Zombie composed the [[film score]] with Scott Humphrey.  It is isolated on the DVD as a separate audio track.
-{{main|House of 1000 Corpses (soundtrack)}}
-{{seealso|House of 1000 Corpses (song)}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.houseof1000corpses.com/ Official site]
-*{{imdb title|id=0251736|title=House of 1000 Corpses}}
-*[http://www.myspace.com/77056211  The Devil's Rejects OFFICIAL MySpace page]
-*[http://www.myspace.com/robzombie  Rob Zombie's Official MySpace]
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