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Ftw FSS specialist expressed concern regarding weather reporting devices failures; alleging icing information is lacking.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 867915 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FTW.FSS |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Service |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Non Radar 3.6 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Flight scape winter radar and composite base reflectivity products do not show freezing rain precipitation over the dallas - fort worth area. Wsi and NWS radar products show the icing precipitation as well as metar reports and personal visual observation. The type and rate of the icing poses a severe risk to aviation. Problem has been reported before to management in the past.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FTW FSS Specialist expressed concern regarding weather reporting devices failures; alleging icing information is lacking.
Narrative: Flight Scape winter RADAR and composite base reflectivity products do not show freezing rain precipitation over the Dallas - Fort Worth area. WSI and NWS RADAR products show the icing precipitation as well as METAR reports and personal visual observation. The type and rate of the icing poses a severe risk to aviation. Problem has been reported before to management in the past.
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.