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Mon, Jun 26, 2017

FAA, NWS Announce Important Change to CONUS Text Area Forecasts (FAs)

Three-Month Transition Period Begins July 10

The FAA and the National Weather Service (NWS) have been working jointly to retire the six (6) CONUS text FAs, while also directing users to utilize finer resolution graphical and digital weather forecast products.

The CONUS FAs (c. 1940) are a suite of products that cover very large geographical areas, have limited text size, cannot account for certain meteorological conditions and are updated only three times a day.  Several NWS digital and graphical products are available today that provide the same weather forecast information found in the CONUS FA, but with much finer resolution in both space and time.  These digital and graphical products provide users much improved weather forecast information.

A transition period of three months begins July 10, where all the NWS products will be available. Production of the CONUS text FAs will cease October 10.

Only the CONUS FAs are affected.  Other (off-CONUS) FAs will continue to be produced, until further notice.

FMI: www.aviationweather.gov/gfa

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