LWX Aviation Forum

Sixth WFO LWX Aviation Customers Forum (WFO LWX & Virtual), November 25, 2024

Primary presentation slides

Winter Weather Challenges for Aviation by Brian LaSorsa

Meeting Minutes

Action Items:

• NWS WFO LWX will save case studies for TAF thunderstorm forecasts over the next year and include them in the next meeting to solicit feedback on the PROB30 philosophy change.
• Mike Graf will work with Andrew to develop a one pager that explains PROB30 and VCTS to our users.

Mentioned web links:

• https://www.weather.gov/aviation/cwsu - excellent reference material and resources about CWSUs
• https://www.weather.gov/lwx/wintermaps - WFO LWX snow and ice forecast maps, including probabilities, snow character, snow rate, and onset/end-time
• https://partnerservices.nws.noaa.gov/registration/ - NWS Slack collaboration chat information

Fifth WFO LWX Aviation Customers Forum (Airlines for America/Washington, DC & Virtual), November 8, 2023

Primary presentation slides

Meeting Minutes

Using Aircraft Diversions to Determine the Most Impactful Weather at Airports

Eastern Region TAF Best Practices 2023

Action Items: 

     None taken. Meeting summary and presentations will be sent to participants. Feedback will be incorporated into local training.

Fourth WFO LWX Aviation Customers Forum (WFO LWX & Virtual), November 17, 2022

Primary presentation slides

Minutes & Notes

History of Convective Forecast to Enhance Decision Support Services (DSS) at the Center Weather Service Unit

DAS/TAF Update 2022

Action Items: 

      Andrew will follow up with Nikolaus Wagenfeiler and Mike Graf to further investigate the reliability of MTN AWOS observations transmitting overnight

Useful Links:
 

National ATCT pages with Pre-Duty Weather Briefing

Experimental gridded aviation forecasts (DAS in NDFD)

Third WFO LWX Aviation Customers Forum (Virtual), November 15, 2021

Presentation Slides

Agenda/Minutes/Notes - Nov 15, 2021

Action Items: 

      None (meeting minutes shared with staff from WFO/LWX and CWSU/ZDC)

Second WFO LWX Aviation Customers Forum (Virtual), December 17, 2020

Presentation Slides

Minutes/Notes - Dec 17, 2020

Progress report on 2019 Action Items

Action Items:

1. Rick Winther to provide HEF mgmnt with contacts in FAA for submitting TAF request (completed, Jan. 5, 2021)
2. Include link for comments to the new radar page. (completed, see updated email address below, provided 12/18/20 by C. Strong)

Useful Links:

• CWSU ZDC Tower Specific Web Briefings
• Pilot's Guide to Aviation Weather Services
• FAA Policy Branch (ANG-C64) "Weather Needs Portal"
• ZSE Model VWP
• WPC Heavy Snowfall Discussion (closest product analogous to an SPC severe weather outlook)
• AWC Forecast Discussion page
• AWC Winter Dashboard
• NWS New Radar Page Tutorial
• Provide feedback on new NWS radar page: nwsradarfeedback@noaa.gov

Progress Report on Action Items:

WFO LWX Aviation Forum Actions (updated 06 March 2020)

Inaugural Aviation Customers Forum, Dulles Airport, November 13, 2019

Agenda Aviation Cust Forum

Intro Slides

UserForum Case3 WindsCigs

UserForum DASoverview

UserForum NWSOverview

LWX AviationWRKSHP 2019

AWC Briefing LWX Aviation Forum Nov2019