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Aviation Weather Center: Products & Web Services ( ADDS) Overview

Aviation Weather Center: Products & Web Services ( ADDS) Overview. Ed Holicky , Pat Murphy, & David Bright Chicago Aviation Weather Workshop February 26, 2011. Support for the FAA. FAA – Gives NWS requirements for products/services. System Ops. Flight Standards. Flight Safety.

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Aviation Weather Center: Products & Web Services ( ADDS) Overview

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  1. Aviation Weather Center: Products & Web Services (ADDS) Overview Ed Holicky, Pat Murphy, & David Bright Chicago Aviation Weather Workshop February 26, 2011

  2. Support for the FAA FAA – Gives NWS requirements for products/services System Ops Flight Standards Flight Safety ICAO/WMO WAFS SIGWX Intl. SIGMETs IFFDP No cost to FAA ADDS SIGMET AIRMET Area Forecast Sig Wx Low Winds Aloft TAF “Red Book” Gx No cost to FAA CCFP No cost to FAA CWSU

  3. AWC’s Area of Responsibility for Aviation Warnings (SIGMETs)

  4. 3 Forecast Desks 24/7 CONUS & Coastal Wtrs Graphic & Text Forecasts AIRMETs 26280 routine issues/yr FA 6570 routine issues/yr SIGMET (non Convective) ~ 500 avg. annual Low-Level Graphic 1456 routine issues/yr SIGMET, AIRMET & Area Forecast BOSZ WA 071545 AIRMET ZULU UPDT 3 FOR ICE AND FRZLVL VALID UNTIL 072100 AIRMET ICE...ME NH VT MA AND CSTL WTRS FROM 70NW PQI YOW TO YSC TO 70NW PQI MOD ICE BTN FRZLVL AND 140. FRZLVL SFC-040. CONDS CONTG BYD 21Z THRU 03Z.

  5. Convective SIGMET • 1 Forecast Desk 24/7 • SIGMET for thunderstorms • “Warning” Product • Associated Hazards:Turbulence, Icing, & Wind Shear • CONUS and coastal waters • Issued Hourly / Valid for 2 hrs • ~ 30,000 issued annually MKCE WST 071855 CONVECTIVE SIGMET 8E VALID UNTIL 2055Z FL AND CSTL WTRS FROM 40NNE CTY-30N OMN-70WSW PIE-170W PIE-40NNE CTY AREA EMBD TS MOV FROM 27020KT. TOPS TO FL350. REF INTL SIGMET CHARLIE SERIES. OUTLOOK VALID 072055-080055 FROM 30N CRG-190ENE OMN-100SW SRQ-100WSW PIE-30N CRG WST ISSUANCES POSS. REFER TO MOST

  6. 1 Forecast Desk 20/7 Strategic traffic flow management Collaborators: FAA Meteorologists at CWSUs, Airlines, and AWC Canada ~ 25,000 Forecast Polygons annually Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)

  7. Significant Weather Fcsts • 2 Forecast Desk 20/7 • Covers FL250 - FL630 • Global forecast • 24 hour forecast: • Jet Streams • Thunderstorms • Turbulence • Tropopause Heights • Active Volcanoes • Tropical Cyclones • 18,980 routine issuances/yr

  8. Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean • 1 Forecast Desk 24/7 • Oceanic (Atlantic and Pacific) SIGMETs • Weather Forecasts primarily for Helicopter Operations • Clouds • Visibility • Thunderstorms • Rain/Fog • Wind • 4,000 Operating Oil Platforms • 30,000 personnel living on oil platforms • 600 Helicopters • 1.3 Million flights annually

  9. World Area Forecast Center • World Area Forecast System (WAFS) • Formulated by International Civil Aviation Organization and the WMO • Improve the quality and consistency of enroute guidance provided for international aircraft operations • World Area Forecast Centers (WAFC) • WAFC – Washington • AWC provides Significant Weather Forecasts • NCEP Central Operations Provides Wind and Temperature Grids Charts • NWS Telecommunications Gateway supports satellite data broadcasts • WAFC – London • Met Office – Exeter

  10. AWC Product Issuances

  11. Operational Automated Products Current Icing Product (CIP) Forecast Icing Probability (FIP) Forecast Icing Severity (FIS) Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG)

  12. Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) makes available to the aviation community text, digital and graphical forecasts, analyses, and observations of aviation-related weather information • Meets FAA requirements for “Qualified Internet Communications Provider” • Allows operational use by part 121/135 operators (airlines) • Not just a web display • Is a dynamic database • Already has many NEXTGEN data service capabilities • ADDS joint developed • NCAR, GSD, and AWC • Operational Since 2003 • Averaging • 9 million hits per day • 100 GB per day

  13. History • ~ 2000 • AviationWeather.gov begins serving weather briefing material including Satellite, Radar, and Flight Folder data. • AWC partners with NCAR and the AWRP to create a new web site • Experimental ADDS debuts • September 2003 • The AWC releases the first operational ADDS

  14. History • Present • ADDS usage has grown to over 10 million hits per day • Number of users continues to grow

  15. QICP

  16. QICP • Qualified Internet Communications Provider • FAA Certification introduced in 2002 • Allows vendors to provide meteorological data over the Internet • Establishes standards for network infrastructure reliability, accessibility, and security • AWC web sites achieve QICP certification in February 2010

  17. QICP • Reliability • No single outage > 10 min • No combined outages > 30 min in a 3 mo. Period • Accessibility • Must initiate data response with 100% of users within 2 min • Security • Must provide site authentication and data integrity

  18. CAWS

  19. CAWS Architecture • Greater reliability • More computing power • QICP compatible 1 farm 4 web servers AWC HQ SRH CRH 3 farms 6 web servers

  20. Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) • ADDS.AviationWeather.gov • Free publicly accessible web site • Full range of meteorological data products tailored to aviation needs • TAFs and METARs in both text and graphical format • Winds/Temps • Satellite • Radar • Model forecasts • Flight Path Tool • Much more!

  21. Flight Path Tool

  22. International Flight Folder Program • Flight Folder online: • Dispatch planning • Pre-flight briefing • En-route guidance • Model-derived wind/temp forecasts • Forecaster produced Significant Weather charts • TAFs, METARs, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and much more

  23. ADDS Data Server http://bcaws.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver/ • Popular products available in XML or CSV • METARs, PIREPs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs • Soon: G-AIRMET and CCFP • Intended for application developers

  24. FIP Severity • Brand new component of the Forecast Icing Product • Categorical Icing severity – None, Trace, Light, Moderate, Heavy • Based on the RUC model • http://aviationweather.gov/adds/icing/

  25. TAF Information Board • Experimental product • Color coded TAF information for Ceiling and Visibility • Intended for use by the CWSUs and Dispatchers • Quick glance at the weather impacts in a particular area • http://aviationweather.gov/testbed/cwsu/tafboard/

  26. CWSU TRACON Page • Experimental product • TRACON Approach and Departure Gate Forecasts • Supports the Collaborative Convective Forecast Product • Intended for ATCSCC, TMUs and TRACONs • http://aviationweather.gov/cwsu/ • http://aviationweather.gov/cwsu/CwsuTraconPDD.pdf

  27. Space Weather for Aviation • http://aviationweather.gov/swpc/

  28. Southern Region CWSU Collaboration • http://bcaws.aviationweather.gov/cwsu/sre/view

  29. Questions? Email: David.Bright@noaa.gov Phone: (816)584-7200

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