Metro-03
Meteorology Review
3.
Flight Service Station (FSS)
a.
Operated by FAAcall name example:
Houston Radio
b.
Provides enroute weather information as part of
its service
NOTE: Operators are qualified weather
"briefers," not forecasters.
4.
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC)
a.
Can provide weather information and updating
primary service
b.
assistance through use of current ATC radar
and weather radar
c.
Do have forecasters available
5.
Hazardous In-flight Weather Advisory Service
(HIWAS)
a.
Broadcasts continuously over selected VOR
stations
b.
Contains summary of any AIRMETs, SIGMETs,
convective SIGMETs, CWAs and PIREPs
6.
Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS)
a.
AWOS is a real-time system consisting of
various sensors, a processor, a computer-
broadcast local minute-by-minute weather
directly to the aircraft
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