FAA AC 00-45:2007
FAA AC 00-45:2007 Aviation Weather Services Describes the civilian agencies of the U.S. Government and their observation, communication and forecast services to the aviation community.
Table of Contents
1AVIATIONWEATHERSERVICEPROGRAM1.1NATIONALOCEANICANDATMOSPHERICADMINISTRATION(NOAA)
1.2FEDERALAVIATIONADMINISTRATION(FAA)
1.3DISSEMINATIONOFAVIATIONWEATHERPRODUCTS
2AVIATIONWEATHERPRODUCTCLASSIFICATIONANDPOLICY
2.1CLASSIFICATIONOFAVIATIONWEATHERPRODUCTS
2.2TYPESOFAVIATIONWEATHERINFORMATION
2.3CATEGORIZINGAVIATIONWEATHERSOURCES
3OBSERVEDTEXTPRODUCTS
3.1AVIATIONROUTINEWEATHERREPORTS(METAR)ANDSELECTED
SPECIALWEATHERREPORTS(SPECI)
3.2PILOTWEATHERREPORTS(PIREP)
4RADARANDSATELLITEIMAGERY
4.1RADAR
4.2SATELLITE
5GRAPHICALOBSERVATIONSANDDERIVEDPRODUCTS
5.1SURFACEANALYSISCHARTS
5.2CONSTANTPRESSURECHARTS
5.3FREEZING-LEVELGRAPHICS
5.4LIFTEDINDEXANALYSISCHART
5.5WEATHERDEPICTIONCHART
5.6ALASKAWEATHERDEPICTIONCHARTS
5.7RADARSUMMARYCHART
5.8ALASKAINITIALGEOPOTENTIALHEIGHTSANDWINDSCHARTS
6PRODUCTSFORAVIATIONHAZARDS
6.1SIGNIFICANTMETEOROLOGICALINFORMATION(SIGMET)
6.2AIRMEN'SMETEOROLOGICALINFORMATION(AIRMET)
6.3CENTERWEATHERADVISORY(CWA)
6.4ADDITIONALPRODUCTSFORCONVECTION
6.5PRODUCTSFORTROPICALCYCLONES
6.6VOLCANICASHADVISORYPRODUCTS
7FORECASTTEXTPRODUCTS
7.1AREAFORECASTS(FA)
7.2TERMINALAERODROMEFORECAST(TAF)
7.3INTERNATIONALAVIATIONROUTEFORECASTS(ROFOR)
7.4WINDANDTEMPERATUREALOFTFORECAST(FB)
8FORECASTCHARTS
8.1SHORT-RANGESURFACEPROGNOSTIC(PROG)CHARTS
8.2LOW-LEVELSIGNIFICANTWEATHER(SIGWX)CHARTS
8.3MID-LEVELSIGNIFICANTWEATHER(SIGWX)CHART
8.4HIGH-LEVELSIGNIFICANTWEATHER(SIGWX)CHARTS
9SUPPLEMENTARYPRODUCTS
9.1COLLABORATIVECONVECTIVEFORECASTPRODUCT(CCFP)
9.2NATIONALCONVECTIVEWEATHERFORECAST(NCWF)
9.3CURRENTICINGPRODUCT(CIP)
9.4FORECASTICINGPOTENTIAL(FIP)
9.5GRAPHICALTURBULENCEGUIDANCE(GTG)
9.6METEOROLOGICALIMPACTSTATEMENT(MIS)
10APPENDIXA:ASOSANDAWOSLOCATIONS
11APPENDIXB:CONTRACTIONSANDACRONYMS
12APPENDIXC:STANDARDCONVERSIONCHART
13APPENDIXD:DENSITYALTITUDECALCULATION
14APPENDIXE:INTERNETLINKS
15APPENDIXF:AWCADVISORYPLOTTINGCHART-CONTIGUOUSU.S.
16APPENDIXG:WSR-88DWEATHERRADARNETWORK
17APPENDIXH:AWCGEOGRAPHICALAREADESIGNATORMAP
18APPENDIXI:PRESENTWEATHERSYMBOLS
19APPENDIXJ:TURBULENCEANDICINGINTENSITYDEPICTIONS