IRFP-01
Metro Review
b. Intended for use by General Aviation pilots, Civil and Military
operations, National Weather Service (NWS), and Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) briefers
c.
Consists of two sections:
(1) HAZARDS/FLIGHT PRECAUTIONS
(2) SYNOPSIS AND VFR CLOUDS/WEATHER
d. Communications headers contain unique information for
routing purposes, as well as allowing individual sections to be
replaced, rather than appended
e. In-flight advisories (AIRMETs, SIGMETs, Convective
SIGMETs) amend or update the FA; however, the appropriate
section of the FA should be amended or corrected as soon as
practical
2. Responsibility - Issued by the National Aviation Weather Advisory
Unit (NAWAU) in Kansas City, Missouri, for the conterminous
United States and coastal waters
a. Pacific Coast (SFO)
b. Rocky Mountain (SLC)
c.
North-Central (CHI)
d. Northeast (BOS)
e. South-Central (DFW)
f.
Southeast (MIA)
g. Four additional FAs issued by the Weather Service Forecast
Offices (WSFO) in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau for
Alaska and in Honolulu for Hawaii
h. A specialized FA for the Gulf of Mexico shall be issued by the
National Hurricane Center in Miami
(1) Combines aviation and marine information in support of
offshore helicopter operations
(2) Addresses an area including the coastal plains and coastal
waters from Appalachicola, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas,
and the Gulf west of 85W and north of 27N
(8-97) Original
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