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Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

Jacksonville CWSU

Center Weather Service Unit

Additional Information

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“Jax” Center Weather Services Unit (ZJX CWSU)

Jax Center Weather is located at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) in Hilliard FL.  The CWSU is staffed by four National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists.  The CWSU provides up to the minute weather information and briefings to the ZJX Traffic Management Unit (TMU) and operations supervisors. Special emphasis is given to weather conditions that would be hazardous to aviation or would impede the flow of air traffic in the National Airspace System (NAS). CWSU meteorologists also issue two unscheduled products: 1) The Center Weather Advisory (CWA) is an aviation weather warning for thunderstorms, icing, turbulence, and low IFR ceilings and visibilities.  And 2) The Meteorological Impact Statement (MIS) is a 2-12  hour forecast for weather conditions which are expected to impact ARTCC operations.

“Jax” Center (ZJX ARTCC):

Jax center (one of 20 centers in the continental United States) is responsible for approximately 160,000 square miles of airspace — airspace that covers parts of five states: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina. Center-wide average daily traffic count is approximately 8600 operations, with peak traffic being over 9770 operations in one day. Fifty percent of traffic is air carrier, thirty percent general aviation, and twenty percent is military. Jax center is the fourth-busiest in the United States.