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Air carrier dispatcher laments the loss of their commercial weather forecasting service during the summer months.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 838607 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Other All phases |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
During the summer months our commercial weather forecasting service has been relieved of the task of forecasting two of our hubs. During that time we get our weather forecasts for these two airport from the NWS taf. I understand the purpose of this is so that the commercial forecasters can focus on convective forecasting during the summer convective season. Today was a day where the mid atlantic had a large area of thunderstorms impacting the national airspace system. With numerous flights heading to the metro airports and thunderstorms and air traffic delays the dispatchers working the floor got absolutely no weather support from the commercial weather forecasters this afternoon on how fast the weather was moving; expected time of impact; and how long it would be impacting those airports
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Dispatcher laments the loss of their commercial weather forecasting service during the summer months.
Narrative: During the summer months our commercial weather forecasting service has been relieved of the task of forecasting two of our hubs. During that time we get our weather forecasts for these two airport from the NWS TAF. I understand the purpose of this is so that the commercial forecasters can focus on convective forecasting during the summer convective season. Today was a day where the mid Atlantic had a large area of thunderstorms impacting the national airspace system. With numerous flights heading to the metro airports and thunderstorms and air traffic delays the dispatchers working the floor got absolutely no weather support from the commercial weather forecasters this afternoon on how fast the weather was moving; expected time of impact; and how long it would be impacting those airports
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.