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“Where America’s Climate, Weather, Ocean and Space Weather Services Begin”

Aviation Weather Center FY10 Annual Operating Plan Meeting August 25, 2009 Bob Maxson Director, Aviation Weather Center. “Where America’s Climate, Weather, Ocean and Space Weather Services Begin”. Outline.

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“Where America’s Climate, Weather, Ocean and Space Weather Services Begin”

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  1. Aviation Weather CenterFY10 Annual Operating Plan MeetingAugust 25, 2009Bob MaxsonDirector, Aviation Weather Center “Where America’s Climate, Weather, Ocean and Space Weather Services Begin”

  2. Outline • Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals (as Related to AWC’s 5-Year Implementation Plan) • FY09 Successes • FY10 Major Thrust Areas • FY10 Milestones • GPRA Performance Measures • Unfunded Investment Opportunities • Issues/Challenges

  3. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Customer & Partners Successes • Aviation Weather Community Forum • ICAO’s Firth Meeting of WAFS Operations Group • Sep 2009 • Common Aviation Challenges • AAWU, CWSU, WFO and AWC • Outreach: • Women in Aviation Conference • EAA/Oshkosh • NWS Regional Conferences

  4. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Products & Services Successes • G-AIRMET produced operationally • 15th Operational Weather Squadron (OWS) Short-term backup facility established • AAWU expanded backup study completed • WAFS Global Grids • SIGMET Standardization • JPDO Teams • Environmental Information (EI) • IT Enterprise Systems (ITES) • Demonstration (Demo) Team

  5. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Products & Services Successes • Timeliness exceeding goals

  6. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Products & Services Successes • Use of the Weather Impacted Traffic Index (WITI)

  7. World Area Forecast System WAFS Global Grids Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Information Systems Successes • Consolidated Aviation Web Services (CAWS) • New Operational Router and Firewall implemented • Active Directory Implementation • Multi-year lifecycle replacement plan • WAFC Internet File Service • WIFS • AWIPS 2 OTE Site

  8. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Information Systems Successes • CCFP, G-AIRMET and SIGMET provided in KML

  9. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Information Systems Successes • CWSU Terminal Information Board • CCFP-TAF Consistency Information Board

  10. Graphical Turbulence Guidance - 2 (GTG2) National Ceiling and Visibility Analysis (NCVA) Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Science and Technology Successes • Aviation Weather Testbed Strategic Plan • SPC Experimental Enhanced Resolution Thunderstorm Outlooks • CCFP/Convective Sig Forecaster’s 'toolkit‘ • R2O Schedule formalized with FAA • G-AIRMET, GTG-2, FIP SEV, NCVA SPC Enhanced Thunder Outlooks Graphical AIRMET(G-AIRMET) Forecast Icing Severity (FIS)

  11. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 People & Organization Culture Successes • Two National Isaac Cline Award Winners • Employee New Ideas process • Women in Aviation Conference • Outreach for Under-represented Groups • Lauren Nash, SCEP Student • ASB Chief 360 Degree Feedback • Sept 9, 2009 • NOAA Rotational Assignments (NRAP) • WFO Lead Forecaster • AWC Research & Development Meteorologist • AWC Senior Aviation Meteorologist

  12. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY09 Business Processes Successes • Development of a comprehensiveAWC Annual Operating Planlinked to the Strategic Plan to produceAWC’s NTOPs • Management Performance Plans directly linked with NTOP, AWC AOP and Strategic Plan • AWC Gaps and Shortfalls Analysis completed • Travel, Training, and Major Events Scheduling Process • 2009 UCAR Review completed

  13. Progress Toward Meeting NCEP Strategic Planning Goals FY10 Major Thrust Areas • Workforce and Workplace culture • CWSU Consolidation/DemVal • Collaborative Weather Impact Product (CWIP) • Reorganization • Preparing for Expanded Aviation Service Support • Northeast NWS Product Consistency • Aviation Weather Testbed • NextGen Air Transportation System • 2010 CCFP Enhancements • CAWS Expansion/QICP Certification • Graphical Forecast for Aviation (GFA) • Facilities Issues with Central Region/NWSTC • AWIPS 2 OTE / NAWIPS Migration

  14. FY10 MilestonesCustomers & Partners FY10 Milestones • Actively participate in the Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) Weather Evaluation Team (WET) as a Subject Matter Expert • Host 2010 Aviation Weather Community Forum • Continue participation 2010 WAFS Operations Group (WAFSOPSGP) • Conduct routine ATCSCC Liaison Coordination Calls • Recurring & New Outreach Events

  15. FY10 MilestonesProducts & Services FY10 Aviation Weather Products Milestones • Changes to the 2010 CCFP are implemented per the FAA CDM WET requirements • Procedures for creating Graphical Volcanic Ash SIGMETs are developed in partnership with AAWU. • Radiological SIGMET (Domestic & International) • Evaluate new requirement, develop, test and conduct forecaster training. • SIGMETs provided in a digital format such as XML

  16. FY10 MilestonesProducts & Services FY10 Aviation Weather Services Milestones • SWPC products are integrated into Consolidated Aviation Web Services (CAWS) providing support for polar routes. • “.AFD” Aviation Forecast Discussions are moved from the AviationWeather.gov testbed area to a prominent location. • The International Flight Folder Documentation Plan (IFFDP) web service integrated into CAWS

  17. FY10 MilestonesProducts & Services FY10 Graphical Forecast for Aviation (GFA) Milestones • Graphical AIRMET (G-AIRMET) • G-AIRMET is approved as an primary operational product • Code fixes to support the latest NAWIPS core • Code changes for more efficient production • Graphical Forecast for Aviation (GFA) Phase 2 • Week-long GFA Demonstration Evaluation • Legacy Text Area Forecast (FA) Termination • GFA Final Requirements received from FAA

  18. FY10 MilestonesProducts & Services FY10 NextGen Milestones • Joint Planning and Development Office Teams • Environmental Information (EI) • Information Technology Enterprise Services (ITES) • Demonstration (Demo) Team • Ensure NCEP is kept aware of and involved in NextGen opportunities • WAFS Global Grids Harmonization?

  19. FY10 MilestonesInformation Systems FY10 Consolidated Aviation Web Services (CAWS) Milestones • World Area Forecast Center (WAFC) Internet File Service (WIFS) integration • Business case for the WAFC Internet Services (WIS) FY10 AWIPS 2 Milestones • Plans for testing NAWIPS functionality within AWIPS 2 developed • A distributed AWIPS 2 development environment established

  20. FY10 MilestonesInformation Systems FY10 Security Milestone • The triennial system Certification & Accreditation is completed FY10 Networking Milestone • Consolidate the AWC networks and firewalls

  21. FY10 MilestonesScience & Technology FY10 Aviation Weather Testbed Milestones • Develop Testbed staffing proposal • Document the process to transition operations to research for AWC research partners • Transition two algorithms into operations per FAA • Evaluate the Interactive Calibration in 4-Dimensions (IC4D) for potential use in providing aviation products and services • Evaluate the ADDS XML Data Server for implementation into CAWS

  22. FY10 MilestonesScience & Technology FY10 Aviation Weather Testbed Milestones • Construct new Aviation Weather Testbed Facility

  23. FY10 MilestonesScience & Technology FY10 Numerical Guidance Milestone • Hourly model output through forecast hour 36 is acquired • Expand use of Ensembles

  24. FY10 MilestonesPeople and Organizational Culture FY10 Workforce Milestones • Partnering with NWSEO, a center-wide communications plan describing “who needs to know what, by when, how and why” is developed to communicate strategic and annual priorities to all employees • Criteria for non-traditional performance awards are studied and developed. • Professional training for dealing with change and resolving conflict is offered to all AWC employees

  25. FY10 MilestonesPeople and Organizational Culture FY10 Management and Leadership Training Milestones • All members of management complete one class in a management or leadership topic • The 360 degree feedback process is extended to entire center.

  26. FY10 MilestonesBusiness Processes FY10 Milestone • A multi-year project establishing a Quality Management System following the ICAO Annex 3 requirement and meeting ISO 9001 standards is planned.

  27. GPRA Performance Measures • Not Applicable • NEVS OSIP Team Member • Timeliness as a Performance Metric?

  28. Unfunded Investment Opportunities • Energizing the AWC Testbed • FTE staffing • NCEP resources matched by OST? • Expanded CCFP • Senior Aviation Duty Meteorologists (SADM) to support Single Point of Contact / CWIP? • Product Verification • Expand Outreach to Customers and Partners particularly in the International Community • International Aviation Desk

  29. Issues/Challenges • CWSUs Consolidation/DemVal • FAA FY09 Reimbursable Funds • AWC staffing levels to support current mission • Forecaster Staffing Shortfalls • Labor Budget Shortfall • Accretion of IT Security Responsibilities • Resources for increasing Administrative Support • Limited scientific capability within the ASB • CRH/AWC/NWSTC Facility Maintenance

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