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Delta Air Lines Meteorology

Department Information



• Began in 1960



• 12 Meteorologists



• 2-3 Meteorologists on-shift

• every hour, every day

• 1 Surface Forecaster

• 1-2 Upper Air Forecasters



• Weather data from WSI and the NWS



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Primary Customers



• Flight Control and OCC

• Flight Operations

• In-Flight

• Stations

• De-Icing Operators









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Upper Air

Products





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Upper Air Hazards







Metro Alerts include:

• Turbulence

• Mountain Waves

• Thunderstorms

• Low Level Turbulence/Wind Shear

• Tropical Systems

• Volcanic Ash

• Icing









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Upper Air Turbulence Chart









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Upper Air Turbulence Chart









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Metro Alert Example





SE1 031908-041500

******* SOUTH CENTRAL REGION ******

OVR MS-GA-SC-NC..FM SJI-MCN-CAE-RDU..

100NM WIDE LINE OF LGT-MDT TURBC AT FL340-

390/TROP MOVG SE 10KTS.









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Flight Planning Message Example





** NORTH ATLANTIC EBND FLT PLANNING MSG - 14 NOV 08 **

/

1. COLD TEMPS..ERN TRACKS-EUROPE (FL370-390)..SEE MAP

/

2. RTES/FLS..

COASTAL NEW ENGLAND: SUGG AOB FL320..NBFL LOWER.

OVR SERN CANADA: SUGG FL340-360..NBFL HIGHER.

TRACKS/SRN RANDOMS (32-20W): SUGG FL310-340..NBFL HIGHER.

OVR WRN EUR: MIN COST..NBFL HIGHER.

SCANDINAVIA/ERN EUROPE/WRN RUSSIA: SUGG 270-340..NBFL HIGHER.

/

3. ETPS..

YYT/YQX/YJT/YYR..USEABLE. KEF/TER..USEABLE.

DUB/GLA..USEABLE. TRD/OSL..USEABLE.

LIS..USEABLE.







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Sigmets

BICC 071315 BIRD SIGMET 02 VALID 071315/071615 BIRK- BIRD

REYKJAVIK CTA MOD OCNL SEV TURB OBS AT 1300Z AND FCST WI N61

W026 - N61 W018 - N6230 W018 - N6230 W026 FL290/350 MOV E 25KT

NC







RESPONSE



METR-3

**REFERENCE BIRD SIGMET 02**

/

PIREPS: NO REPORTS OF SEVERE TURBC RCVD..

/

BASED ON LATEST DATA..SEVERE TURBC NOT XPCD W/I SIGMET AREA

..OCNL MDT PSBL W/I FLS 290-340 THIS AREA THRU THE PERIOD

/

(FRASCA/1328Z)..

M33 9EE020 071350 FRASCA







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Current Text Distribution







Meteorologist

types forecast







Main Frame







Dispatcher Flight’s Metro

Queue Briefing Message





Flights

Affected





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Upper Air Meteorologists



Monitors:

PIREPS – for icing and turbulence

Volcano Activity





Suggests:

Smoothest Flight Levels









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Surface Desk

Normal Operations:



• 12 hour shifts

• 3 Shift change briefings with stations

• Dispatcher Briefings

• Planning briefs for the week/weekend

• TAFs

• 3x daily conference call w/NWS(FFC), CWSU



Irregular Operations (IROPS):



• Provide additional products for

• Tropical activity

• Major snow storms

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Surface

Products





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TAF Cities







LGA, BOS

JFK,

EWR

SLC

CVG PHL

DELTA TAF CITIES

DCA,

LAX IAD,

ATL BWI







MCO







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Delta TAF Example



TERMINAL FORECAST

ATL DL 231405 AMD 02 VALID 231405-240400 UTC

FM231400 09010KT 2SM -RA FG OVC003 TEMPO 1SM -RA FG

FM232000 17010KT 2SM -RA FG OVC008

FM232200 29010KT 5SM -RA OVC010

FM240000 31012KT 7SM OVC015

DISCUSSION – LOW CIGS WILL IMPROVE AFTER FRONT MOVES

THRU AND WINDS BECOME WESTERLY.



• Extra fuel and alternates are needed when

clouds are below 1000ft or visibility is below

2SM or thunderstorms are forecast.





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TAF Exemption - 8575



- Reduces requirement for destination alternate

- Ceiling and visibility requirement of 1,000ft and 2SM

- Must maintain at least CAT I or CAT II approach capability



ATL

FM131100 VRB03KT 7SM SCT250

FM131600 15005KT 7SM BKN200

FM132300 16005KT 7SM OVC080

FM140300 16006KT 5SM -RA OVC040

FM140700 17006KT 3SM -RA OVC015

FM141400 21006KT 4SM -RA OVC018









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Crosswinds - DCA

Runway 04/22: 4911 feet



Runway 15/33: 5204 feet



Runway 01/19: 6869 feet







Our aircraft fleet generally prefers 5500ft.



Leaves operation on Runway 01/19



Strong winds from the west or east cause

crosswind issues.









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DCA

Runway 01/19

Wind Max winds to stay below

Max Cross Wind Direction 29kt Cross Wind

MD88/90 30 360 60+

B737-800 36 040 51

B737-800 W 33 090 29

B757-200 29 140 41

B767 29 180 60+

B777 38 220 51

270 29

310 35

KDCA

130539Z 1306/1406 30015G30KT P6SM SKC

FM131200 30014G25KT P6SM SKC

FM131500 31016G30KT P6SM FEW050

FM132100 32014G22KT P6SM SCT050 SCT090

FM140000 34010KT P6SM SCT090







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Deicing Chart









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Deicing Chart









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Hurricane Chart









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Deicing Chart









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Long Range Planning Forecast – Day 1- 5









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Delta Meteorology Provides:



Flight Planning System uses GFS Wind forecast.



Back-up source is UKMO.



Also Supply:

• Radar

• Satellite

• Lightning

• Charts

• Text Data (METARS, TAFS, SIGMETS, etc)









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AFDs

Other products used:

• Clickable map

• Used in planning forecasts • MOS guidance

• 3 day/5 day long range • ADDS page (java METAR display)

• Verbal briefings • CCFP discussions









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Common Questions

My weather radar/decing became inop. Can I

continue to my destination?



Will that broken line of thunderstorms become solid?



What does that unusual code in the TAF/METAR

mean?



What is the best alternate?



What do you think about the SIGMET?





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Northwest Meteorology



• Provides weather support for the following customers: Continental,

Southwest, KLM, Alaska, Mesaba, Pinnacle, Compass, Micronesia

and ExpressJet.



• Products for internal and external customers include:

• 40-45 Scheduled TAFS

• TAFS on request

• Graphical Charts

• Turbulence Warnings

• Verbal Briefings with Dispatchers

• Deicing Charts









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