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Verification of severe weather avoidance plan (SWAP) forecasts for the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) issued by the National Weather Service Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU), Ronkonkoma, NY
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2009
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Description:"One of the most important forecasts provided by the Ronkonkoma, NY Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) is the Severe Weather Avoidance Plan (SWAP) Statement. The SWAP Statement is the CWSU's forecast of the probability for the FAA to implement a SWAP when convection causes a significant number of aircraft reroutes and arrival/departure delays in New York ARTCC airspace (ZNY). The SWAP Statement is a decision-support planning tool used by the FAA and commercial airlines to anticipate impacts to the National Airspace System (NAS) that would significantly affect operations and staffing. SWAP originated from the need to improve planning due to the complexity of ZNY airspace and the impact on operations at other ARTCCs during convection. This technical note summarizes the verification of SWAP Statements issued by the Ronkonkoma, NY CWSU for ZNY during the 2008 convective season (April 15th through September 30th). Results indicate that the CWSU demonstrated excellent skill forecasting SWAP events, which aids the FAA, the airlines and other customers in planning for operational changes caused by convection"--Abstract.
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Content Notes:Kirt Squires, Kyle Struckmann.
"April, 2009."
Includes bibliographical references (page 9).
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