world area forecast center

  • 1world area forecast center — A meteorological center designated to prepare and supply upper air forecasts in digital form on a global basis to regional area forecast centers (ICAO). A contracting state, having accepted the responsibility for providing a WAFC within the… …

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  • 2World Area Forecast Center — A World Area Forecast Centre (WAFC) is a meteorological centre that provides real time meteorological information broadcasts for aviation purposes. These broadcasts are supervised by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) in order to… …

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  • 3regional area forecast center — A meteorological center designated to prepare and supply area forecasts for flights departing from aerodromes within its service area and supply grid point data in digital form for up to world wide coverage (ICAO). A Contracting State, having… …

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  • 4area of responsibility — i. Geographical area within which an alerting service is provided by an ATS (air traffic services) unit designated as the responsible unit. ii. In the world area forecast system, a geographical area for which a regional area forecast center… …

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  • 5volcanic ash advisory center — A meteorological center designated by regional air navigation agreement to provide advisory information to meteorological watch offices, area control centers, flight information centers, world area forecast centers, relevant regional area… …

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  • 6Joint Typhoon Warning Center — The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force located at the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The JTWC is responsible for the issuing of tropical cyclone warnings …

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  • 7National Hurricane Center — View from the front of the National Hurricane Center s building National Hurricane Center Agency overview Formed 1965 …

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  • 8Met Office — UKMET redirects here. For the model, see Unified Model. Met Office Current logo, as of 2009 Agency overview Formed 1854 Jurisdiction …

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  • 9Ocean Prediction Center — OPC pressure forecast valid at 48 hours The Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), established in 1995, is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s (NCEP’s) original six service centers.[1] Until January 12, 2003, the name of the… …

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  • 10Climate of the Tampa Bay area — Main articles: Tampa, Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Tampa Bay Area High resolution image of Tampa Bay region The Tampa Bay area has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), with warm and humid summers with frequent thunderstorms and… …

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