Center Weather Service Unit
A Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) is a
Air Route Traffic Control Centers
(ARTCC).
Overview
CWSU meteorologists provide support for FAA's air traffic management with pertinent
meteorological
information for airports and airspace in the control center's area of responsibility.
Meteorologists disseminate information to brief
pilots of aircraft in distress due to hazardous weather conditions. In addition to SIGMETs (significant meteorological events), Convective SIGMETs (significant meteorological event associated with convection), and AIRMETs (significant meteorological events generally effecting smaller aircraft) issued by the Aviation Weather Center
(AWC), CWSUs issue Center Weather Advisories (CWA) and Meteorological Impact Statements (MIS) as necessary.
CWSUs are staffed by around 4 NWS meteorologists (including one manager), but their operations are eventually reimbursed by the FAA's budget under an "Interagency Agreement". Due to budget pressures, the FAA was considering closing the CWSU program up to 2006.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
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