You are about to lose TWEB

[TomD]

See this link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification ... omment.txt

Looks like the Einsteins in Washington ( not the State ) are about to makes the skies less safe.

Looks as if the move afoot is to rely only on Area Forecasts. Couple this with losing your local FSS and you get no local knowledge or reports.

I don't know about the rest of you but there are some really big bumps in the road around here and the microclimate weather is very tricky.

I doubt I can dig out the local information needed from the Area Forecast and if my briefer is in lower East ( name the city with the most powerful Senator )I doubt they will be much help on the local conditions either.

[maules.com]

Maybe 'They' invested in realtime wx from the Sat system and we're being induced to buy it!!

[a64pilot]

I'm beginning to buy Phil Boyers speal about the airlines gaining control. Don't think the airlines benefit much from TWEB's.
BTW has anybody contacted this Beth?

[TomD]

Here is the reply I got:

Thank you for your comment. You make valid points that I believe the
following information addresses. The TWEB product has an 80 km
resolution which makes forecasting 5 km microclimates somewhat
difficult. We now have forecast elements, such as winds, weather,
temperature, and sky cover in the NDFD graphics, and available on the
NWS web pages, that are 5 km resolution or better. When NDFD data is
used in conjunction with the aviation portion of the forecast discussion
(AFD) issued by each NWS Weather Forecast Office, supplemented by the
Area Forecasts, SIGMETS, AIRMETS, satellite imagery, and radar
summaries, the quality of information available to the pilot is vastly
improved over the TWEB product. From a safety viewpoint the greater
resolution from the newer forecast methods is beneficial for mountainous
terrain.

Again, thank you for your concern.
Beth McNulty

Freely translated you are on your own for determing the weather in route.

TD