National Weather Service Central Region service enhancements

In 2010, Central Region expanded on aviation service enhancements as a part of an aviation services improvement initiative that is focused on three major United States airport Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) areas. The focus of this effort is to increase weather awareness in support of a more efficient National Airspace System (NAS). This paper describes digital service enhancements implemented for the Chicago and Denver Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities as decision support tools for elements such as turbulence, icing, and compression winds plus the expansion of user-specific decision aids for additional TRACON areas in the upper Midwest and Plains.