# Presentation: 180567

## National Weather Service &General Aviation

**National Weather Service &****General Aviation**

**EAA AirVenture Oshkosh**
**Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, USAF (Ret.)**NOAA Assistant Administrator for Weather Services
- & National Weather Service Director

*<footer>**“America’s Weather Enterprise: Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and Your Way of Life”*

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## "Good" Weather?

**"Good" Weather?**

## Provide climate, water, weather forecasts and warnings to protect life and property and enhance the economy
76 billion observations
4 million aviation forecasts
68,127 aviation warnings

- 76 billion observations
- 4 million aviation forecasts
**68,127 aviation warnings**

**A Typical Year Brings: **
**7 Hurricanes**
**1,000 Tornadoes**
**5,000 Floods**
**10,000 Violent Thunderstorms**
**Drought Conditions**
**500 Deaths; 5,000 Injuries; ****$14 Billion in Losses**

**The Nation’s Risks*****Extreme Climate, Weather, and Water***

## NWS Overview

***Minutes***

***Hours***

***Days***

***6 – 10 Days***

***8 – 14 Days***

***Months***

***Seasons***

***Years***

***Forecast ***
***Uncertainty***

**Protection of**
**Life & Property**

**Hydropower**

**Recreation**

**Ecosystem**

**State/Local**
**Planning**

**Environment**

**Flood Mitigation**
**& Navigation**

**Agriculture**

**Reservoir**
**Control**

**Health**

**Space****Operations**

**Fire Weather**

**Energy**

**Outlooks**
**Guidance**
**Threats ****Assessments**
**Forecasts**
**Watches**
**Warnings & Alert ****Coordination**

**Forecast Lead Time**

**Benefits**

***Seamless Suite of Products***

**NWS Overview**

**Aviation/**
**Transportation**

## NWS’s Aviation Services Facilities

**NWS’s Aviation Services**** *****Facilities***

## NWS’s Aviation Services National Centers for Environmental Prediction

**NWS’s Aviation Services *****National Centers for Environmental Prediction***

**C**

**E**

**N**

**T**

**R**

**A**

**L**

- Space EnvironmentCenter

- Storm PredictionCenter

- Climate PredictionCenter

- Ocean PredictionCenter

- Tropical PredictionCenter

- EnvironmentalModelingCenter

**P**

**O**

**E**

**R**

**A**

**T**

**I**

**O**

**N**

**S**

**Aviation Weather****Center**

**Aviation Weather****Center**

## NWS’s Aviation Services Aviation Weather Center

**NWS’s Aviation Services *****Aviation Weather Center***

## NWS’s Aviation Services CWSU & ARTCC

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesExtensive Observation System

| Discipline Specific View |  | Whole System View |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Atmospheric Observations |  |  |
| Land Surface Observations |  |  |
| Ocean Observations |  |  |
| Space Observations |  |  |

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****Extensive Observation System***

## NWS’s Aviation Services Doppler Radars

## NWS’s Aviation Services ASOS Sites

## NWS’s Aviation ChallengesWeather & Traffic Density

**NWS’s Aviation Challenges*****Weather & Traffic Density***

**QUIZ**

## NWS’s Aviation ChallengesWeather & Traffic Density

**Source:  FAA**

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesThe Future

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

**A.  Joint Planning &  Development Office & Next Generation Air Transportation System**
**B.  NWS Aviation Service  Improvement Efforts**

**We are working to overcome ****these challenges.**

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesThe Future

**A.****	****Joint Planning & Development Office & ****	****Next Generation Air Transportation System**

## B.  NWS Aviation Service Improvements
Improved NWS Aviation Operations
New Observations Capabilities
New Products and Services 
New Training & Availability

**Improved NWS Aviation Operations**
**New Observations Capabilities**
**New Products and Services **
**New Training & Availability**

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## 1.  Improved NWS Aviation Operations
Improve end-to-end forecast process
Right concentration of people and technology
Develop relevant products 
Improve dissemination  
Integrate research/development and training
Accelerate science improvements to operations 
Improve Aviation Weather Program management
At all levels.....

**Improve end-to-end forecast process**
***Right concentration of people and technology***
***Develop relevant products ***
***Improve dissemination***** **** **
**Integrate research/development ****and training**
***Accelerate science improvements ******to operations****** ***
**Improve Aviation Weather Program ****management**
***At all levels.....***

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## 1.  Improved NWS Aviation Operations
Pilot Project
Decision Aid Products—What’s the impact of weather on operations?
End-to-end forecast process
Remote briefings support on-demand info. needs
Human interaction with automated techniques

**Pilot Project**
***Decision Aid Products—What’s the impact ******of weather on operations?***
***End-to-end forecast process***
***Remote briefings support ******on-demand info. needs***
***Human interaction with ******automated techniques***

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesThe Future

**2.  New Observations Capabilities**
**New water vapor observations from aircraft**
***Plan to add 50 sensors this year***
***FY 2007 (requested) 125 additional sensors***
***Fraction of cost compared ******to rawindsonde***
***Provides offset to enable ******funding of 4D database***

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## 3.  New Products & Services
Decision Aids (DA) are developed through understanding the user and their needs. 
DAs Create consistency for multiple users.
DAs Allow users to interpret weather information at a glance.
DAs Concisely depict impacts to operations.

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

**3.  New Products & Services**
**Decision Aids (DA) are developed through understanding the user and their needs. **
***DAs Create consistency for multiple users.***
***DAs Allow users to interpret weather information ******at a glance.***
***DAs Concisely depict impacts to operations.***

## Ceiling and Visibility (Graphical AIRMET Sierra)
IFR Ceiling
IFR Visibility
Mountain Obscuration
 Icing (Graphical AIRMET Zulu)
Moderate Icing
Freezing Level Height(s)
Turbulence (Graphical AIRMET Tango)
Moderate Turbulence
Non-convective Low-level wind shear
Sustained surface wind greater than 30 knots

**IFR Ceiling**
**IFR Visibility**
**Mountain Obscuration**
** ****Icing (Graphical AIRMET Zulu)**
**Moderate Icing**
**Freezing Level Height(s)**
**Turbulence (Graphical AIRMET Tango)**
**Moderate Turbulence**
**Non-convective Low-level wind shear**
**Sustained surface wind greater than 30 knots**

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

**3.  New Products & Services**

## 3.  New Products & Services 		Short Range Ensemble 	Forecast System (SREF)

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesThe Future

**3.  New Products & Services**

## 3.  New Products & Services 
4D Digital Database* is key for NGATS (by 2012)

**4D Digital Database* is key for NGATS (by 2012)**

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## 4.  Improved Training & Availability

**In-House:**
**Online Aviation Operations Course**
**Regional/National Aviation Workshops**

**DLAC1 - Low Cloud & Fog Forecasting**
**Impact of Weather on Air Traffic Management Module**

**AOPA Pilot Weather Training **

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****The Future***

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesTraining Tools:  Partners W/ AOPA 

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****Training Tools:  Partners W/ AOPA***** **

***http://flash.aopa.org/asf/wxwise_thunder/***

## Your Voice! Your Help!

**Your Voice! ****Your Help!**

**Your Role **
***NWS’s Future Aviation Services***

**Your Help **
_**+ NWS Situational Awareness**_
**=Safe Flight Plan**

## NWS’s Aviation ServicesFY07 Budget Request

**Total NWS Request:  ****$881.9M **
**Aviation Weather Increase:  $1.2M**

**NWS’s Aviation Services*****FY07 Budget Request***

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