Day 5: Afternoon Transportation Briefing

The forecaster for today's collaborative briefing with HPC decided to break up the briefing into hazard and again show the separate valid times.  The forecast period was 00Z Feb 16 - 00Z Feb 17.  The three hazard graphics are shown below.

This will be the last collaborative briefing with HPC, since their Winter Experiment ends today.

IFR Forecast for 00Z Feb 16 - 00Z Feb 17.

Turbulence Forecast for 00Z Feb 16 - 00Z Feb 17.

Icing Forecast for 00Z Feb 16 - 00Z Feb 17.

Day 2: Afternoon Transportation Briefing

As part of the first week of the 2013 Winter Weather Experiment, the Aviation Weather Testbed is working with the HPC Winter Experiment to produce a collaborative transportation briefing.
In addition to collaboration with the HPC, this forecast was also produced with collaborations involving NWS WFO forecasters and the experimental Global Graphics forecasting desk that is part of the experiment.

One of the AWC National Aviation Meteorologists (stationed at the FAA System Command Center) is participating in the HPC Experiment this week and is focusing on communicating precipitation types and timing.  The graphic below was produced by an AWC forecaster in Kansas City and focuses on the icing, turbulence, and IFR conditions associated with a system that is forecast to impact the east coast on Feb 14-15.

Transportation briefing graphic valid 14 Feb 00Z - 15 Feb 00Z.  Depiction of IFR, icing, turbulence, and wind threats associated with forecast cyclone.

One of the automated tools that is available to forecasters and air traffic planners is the Aviation Winter Weather Dashboard.  The dashboard translates winter weather as forecast by the SREF into terminal impacts based on how well the airport can handle certain winter weather events.  Below is a snapshot of the dashboard showing terminal impacts in the northeast as forecast by the 09Z SREF on 12 February.

Aviation Winter Weather Dashboard showing terminals in the Northeast.  Forecast from the 09Z SREF on 12 Feb.