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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 26-23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
1120 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2026
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS, USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: DEBRA BLONDIN
ACTING DIRECTOR
NCEP/AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
SUBJECT: SOLICITING COMMENTS ON EXPERIMENTAL CEILING AND
VISIBILITY DASHBOARD PRODUCT THROUGH APRIL 30, 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS SOLICITING USER COMMENTS
ON THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER’S (AWC) CEILING AND VISIBILITY
(C&V) DASHBOARD THROUGH APRIL 30, 2026. THE DASHBOARD DEPICTS
ONSET AND CESSATION TIME OF IMPACTFUL FLIGHT CATEGORY, CEILING,
AND VISIBILITY INFORMATION OUT TO 36 HOURS FOR THE CORE 30
AIRPORTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES (CONUS) AND SAN MATEO
BRIDGE, CA.
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED
FOR ACCURATE AND TIMELY FORECASTS OF ONSET AND CESSATION TIMES
OF MARGINAL VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (MVFR) AND INSTRUMENT FLIGHT
RULES (IFR) AT AIRPORT TERMINALS TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC FLOW
MANAGEMENT (TFM) INITIATIVES. TO MEET THIS NEED, THE TERMINAL
WEATHER DASHBOARD WAS USED AS A FAMILIAR TEMPLATE FOR THE C&V
DASHBOARD TO DISPLAY A TIME SERIES OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AT
AIRPORT TERMINALS.
THE C&V DASHBOARD PROVIDES LOCALIZED AVIATION MOS PRODUCT (LAMP)
TEXT BULLETIN FORECAST DATA ON AN INTUITIVE, QUICK-GLANCE
DISPLAY FOR THE CONUS CORE 30 AIRPORTS BY DEFAULT, WITH
ADDITIONAL LAMP STATIONS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY THROUGH
CUSTOMIZABLE CAPABILITIES. THE DASHBOARD PROVIDES FORECASTED
DETERMINISTIC CEILING, VISIBILITY, AND FLIGHT CATEGORY
INFORMATION OUT TO 36 HOURS. THE C&V INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
IN 15-MINUTE INCREMENTS FOR THE FIRST 6 HOURS, PROVIDING USERS
WITH DETAILED INTER-HOUR DATA.A SINGLE SITE DISPLAY FEATURE
ALLOWS THE USER TO SEE THE UNDERLYING PROBABILITIES THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DETERMINISTIC FORECAST, PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO
THE FORECAST'S UNCERTAINTY.
THE CURRENT EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF THE DASHBOARD CAN BE FOUND
HERE: HTTPS://AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV/CIGVIS/
INPUT ON THE C&V DASHBOARD IS BEING SOUGHT FROM USERS VIA THE
FEEDBACK FORM BELOW:
GOOGLE FORM: HTTPS://FORMS.GLE/KWCMBSCPDKGSJ4MZ9
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DASHBOARD, PLEASE
CONTACT:
STEPHANIE AVEY
SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
KANSAS CITY, MO 64153
816-584-7268
STEPHANIE.AVEY@NOAA.GOV
OR
NICOLE STARZEC
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFUSION METEOROLOGIST
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER
KANSAS CITY, MO 64153
816-584-7236
NICOLE.E.STARZEC@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION/
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