Abstract: An integrated, remote sensing and reactive detection system is provided for detecting and confirming the presence of hazardous microbursts, macrobursts, and windshears in the general flight path of an aircraft. An infrared remote sensing system is used to seek out, detect, and provide advanced alerts of thermal gradients ahead of an aircraft which correlate with windshear conditions. The measurement of atmospheric temperature is accomplished by a scanning, multi-spectral radiometer that sweeps an approximate 60 degrees path in front of the aircraft at about a 5 hertz rate. The radiometer employs two rows of detectors that are slightly offset resulting in two simultaneous measurements of temperature that are about 7 degrees apart in elevation angle.