AVIATION WEATHER

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AVIATION WEATHER

• Presented by
• John Staples,
• Director of Flight Service
• Program Operations

October 13, 2004
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WHATS NEW?En Route

• Last Year
• Developed and implemented a generic interface for
  the Weather Information Network System
• Developed an optimized WARP product to remove AP
  and clutter on En Route Radar screens (ECP-20)
• Next Year
• Deploy the WARP upgrade ECP-20
• Lots of acquisition documentation and investment
  analysis work

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WHATS NEW?Terminal

• Then and Now
• Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) - 11
  systems installed by the end of 2004 with 2
  planned for 2005
• Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) - providing
  TDWR radar information to NWS to augment NEXRAD
• Weather System Processor (WSP) - 33 installations
  with 31 commissioned, 3 in operational readiness
  and 1 (Tucson) to be installed

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WHATS NEW?Terminal (cont)

• Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) -401
  new processors replaced, 128 new Dew Point
  sensors, working on ice free wind sensors and new
  ceilometers, and new software
• Automated Weather Sensor System (AWSS) - Same as
  ASOS. Installed 13 systems this year, with 8
  more planned for 2005

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WHATS NEW?Terminal (cont)

• Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) - FAA
  is testing new ceilometers and visibility sensor
  to improve reporting capability and availability
• Stand Alone Weather System (SAWS) - Installed 65
  sites as of September with another 56 projects
  funded expect to install another 15-25 in 2005

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WHATS NEW?Traffic Management

• Last Year
• Added NavCanada RADAR to the Corridor Weather
  Information System Expanded displays to
  Minneapolis and Kansas City
• Next Year
• Add winter precipitation to products to CIWS
  suite
• Plan SWIM CWIS connection
• Lots of individual product improvements too
  numerous to mention

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WHATS NEW?Flight Service

• Last Year
• Added collaborative convective Forecast product
  to the Flight Service Automation System at 16
  sites
• Added Hurricane Tracking for Atlantic, Pacific,
  and Indian Oceans
• Next Year
• Add current icing potential Product
• Then WHO CAN SAY? We expect GREAT THINGS TO
  BEGIN!