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AVIATION WEATHER CENTER FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC

AVIATION WEATHER CENTER FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC. American Meteorological Society January 14-18,2001 Albuquerque, New Mexico. AWC HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. 1939 - Weather Bureau begins an expansion of aviation services Area Forecast and 30 terminal forecasts issued from MKC

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AVIATION WEATHER CENTER FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC

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  1. AVIATION WEATHER CENTER FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC American Meteorological Society January 14-18,2001 Albuquerque, New Mexico

  2. AWC HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1939 - Weather Bureau begins an expansion of aviation services Area Forecast and 30 terminal forecasts issued from MKC 1944 - Flight Advisory Weather Service (FAWS) established 1978 - Convective SIGMET unit established within NSSFC 1982 - National Aviation Weather Advisory Unit (NAWAU) 1995 - Aviation Weather Center (AWC) established

  3. MISSION STATEMENT for the Aviation Weather Center to apply the NWS mission... Protection of Lifeand Property ...to the National Airspace System (NAS) SAFETY- Support the mission of the FAA to safely operate the NAS in an environment of weather hazards INTERNATIONAL- Implement the agreements of the ICAO to COMMITMENTSsupport international aviation ECONOMIC -Support the aviation industry with ADVANTAGEmeteorological information to economically utilize international airspace

  4. Observations Surface Upper Air PIREPS Numerical Forecasts – NCEP/EMC & NCO Communications Display National Focus International Scale Product Generation CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR AVIATION WEATHER FORECASTING

  5. Alphanumeric messages - turbulence, icing, convection, ceiling/visibility:SIGMETs, Convective SIGMETs, AIRMETs, Area Forecasts Graphic depiction of SIGWX - fronts, jets, convection, freezing levels, etc: Global High Level SIGWX forecasts, Low Level SIGWX forecasts OPERATIONS BRANCH Vision: Transition to future enroute forecasting activities and products. Current formats may be sustained until customers modernize Current Forecaster Role Future Forecaster Role Near Term • Graphic Products • Enhanced Global SIGWX Long Term • Gridded Products • Gridded TAF Guidance Major Efforts • Training of 36 forecasters in advanced systems, forecast generation techniques and new science • Transition to Team Forecast Process

  6. The Forecast Area at AWC Global Graphics 7X24 Surveillance Area Forecasts CCFP (Summer 98, 99, 2000)

  7. DOMESTIC PROGRAM

  8. 3 Forecasters issue Area Forecasts, AIRMETs, SIGMETs

  9. Area Forecast AIRMETs/SIGMETs: icing, turbulence, IFR, volcanic ash Convective SIGMETs - thunderstorms (1hr.) New: CCFP - thunderstorms outlook (2/4/6 hrs) Low Level SIGWX Product List Domestic (CONUS)

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