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GA Met provision, UK Met Office

Jonathan Dutton, Operations Centre, Met Office, UK.

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Contents

• Basis for provision of services

• What is provided?

• How the services are accessed by the user?

• Future?

• Questions and answers

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Basis for the provision of services

• Service determined by ICAO Annex 3

• Met Authority – CAA

• Meteorological service is provided by the Met Office

• Services provided free at point of use for the end user

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What is provided?

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What is provided?

• A variety of forecasts are available for low level flight:

• F415

• F215

• F414

• F214

• AIRMET

• Ballooning forecasts

+ TAFs & METARs

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What is provided?

• F415, F215

• Charts of significant weather below 10000 FT

• ‘Areas’ of weather, with cloud, visibility, turbulence, icing and other hazards

• F415: area covers north-west Europe

• F215: area covers UK

• Issued 4 time per day

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F415

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F215

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What is provided?

• F414, F214

• Charts of wind and temperature

• Provide wind and temperature information at ‘spot’ locations for:

• F414: area covers north-west Europe

• F214: area covers UK

• Issued 4 time per day

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F414

2000 ft5000 ft10000 ft18000 ft

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F214

2000 ft5000 ft10000 ft18000 ft

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What is provided?

• AIRMET

• Text forecast of weather, cloud, visibility, icing and other hazards

• Forecast winds and temperatures

• Forecast weather divided into zones around the UK

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AIRMET zones

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AIRMET example

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What is provided?

• Ballooning Forecasts

• Additional to the AIRMETS and F214/F215

• Provides information specific to ballooning requirements e.g. thermals, inversions

• 4 regional forecasts

• issued two times per day

• plus further spot wind forecasts

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Ballooning Forecast example

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Ballooning Forecast winds example

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How are services accessed by the user?

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How are the services accessed by the user?

• Met Office provides a web-page, accessed from the main Met Office website

• Free at point of use, but users register their details

• Website updated as latest forecasts sent and also when latest METARs and TAF are updated

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How are the services accessed by the user?

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Future?

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Future?

• We will develop our services in conjunction with the CAA

• Developments in our high resolution modelling may be able help service developments

• May be able to use the high resolution modelling directly in flight & and flight planning systems

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Questions ……