The Evolution of NWS Digital Aviation Services Part
II: Creating User Displays Based on Partner Interaction (343)
Jamie Enderlen, National
Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Chicago, IL, Romeoville, IL
Marcia Cronce, National
Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
Brian Hirsch, National
Weather Service Central Region Headquarters
Joe Dellicarpini, National
Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Boston/Taunton, MA
Abstract:
As covered in &ldquoThe
Evolution of NWS Digital Aviation Services Part I: Developing a Unified
Forecast Process&rdquo, all NWS forecast offices will be producing gridded
aviation forecasts in support of DAS by 2021. New forecast fields of
visibility, cloud base height, and low level wind shear will be available to
aviation and non-aviation partners. Therefore, the NWS needs to create a
platform for our diverse partners to view the digital forecasts once the new
forecast fields become official. In 2017, the Aviation Weather Center, NWS
Chicago, CWSU Chicago, NWS Boston, CWSU Boston, NWS Central Region
Headquarters, and NWS Eastern Region Headquarters developed a plan to engage a
variety of aviation partners and use their feedback to create a standardized,
user-focused aviation weather website. NWS Chicago, CWSU Chicago, NWS Boston,
and CWSU Boston hosted Aviation Workshops where both commercial and general
aviation partners interacted with existing aviation web pages and provided
feedback. NWS Central Region Headquarters and NWS Chicago also engaged general
aviation pilots through an Experimental Aircraft Association webinar. The
results from the meetings have been compiled and are being used to create
adaptable web pages that FAA controllers, commercial pilots, general aviation
pilots, and other non-aviation partners can use to make decisions.