Progress in developing on-screen forecast preparation tools for the Aviation Weather Center (AWC) is described. These tools are being built as applications to run within the AWIPS display system. A key element to these tools is the ability to display gridded guidance products for icing, turbulence, or convective storms, as well as observational data, and draw graphical forecasts directly on the display.
The process of defining requirements for AIRMET and Convective SIGMET preparation tools will described, and a plan for forecaster evaluation of these tools will be presented. The function of these two forecast preparation tools will be demonstrated and discussed.
This work is funded by the FAA Aviation Weather Research Program under the auspices of the Aviation Gridded Forecast System (AGFS) Product Development Team (PDT).
The authors request an oral presentation with video projection.
*Jointly affiliated with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
The 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology