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

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

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

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 Product#/Year Convective SIGMET ~30,000 Non-Convective SIGMET 500 Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP) 25,000 AIRMETs26,280 Area Forecasts (FA) 6,570 Significant Weather Low 1,456 Significant Weather High 18,890

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

12. 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)  Operational Since 2003  Averaging  9 million hits per day  100 GB per day  Not just a web display  Is a dynamic database  Already has many NEXTGEN data service capabilities  ADDS joint developed  NCAR, GSD, and AWC

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 AWC SRH CRH HQ 1 farm 4 web servers 3 farms 6 web servers  Greater reliability  More computing power  QICP compatible

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

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