Transcript FedEx Weather Services

FedEx Weather Services
Air Operations Division
Mission
Provide the most accurate weather forecasts
and briefings for North American and Caribbean
operations. The Meteorology department also
provides the timeliest technical meteorological
data to support international flight operations.
Through continuous efforts to support customer
alignment in support of quality, the Meteorology
department helps to ensure FedEx remains the
safest, most reliable and cost-efficient air
transportation system in the world.
Fast Facts
• Operates 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week
• Located within Global Operations Control, which
is the department’s primary customer
• Staff of 15
• Approved by FAA as primary source of forecasts
for all domestic trunk flights and some
international flights
Responsibilities
• Issue terminal forecasts twice daily for nearly 150
domestic and a few international locations with valid
times of 16-27 hours
• Issue SNOCON alerts for Memphis, Newark, and Indy
hubs
• Participate in the production of the Collaborative
Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)
• Forecast temperature, wind, and altimeter settings for
hubs and high-altitude ramps
• Expert advice offered within company, including:
– several daily weather briefings to GOC specialists
– briefings to flight crews, as necessary
– guidance on en-route hazardous weather conditions (i.e., icing,
turbulence)
– other meteorological conditions that may affect daily operations (tropical
contingencies, volcanic ash, winter weather, etc.)
WINDS website
• Primary source of weather information for FDX
Corp.
• Displays all pertinent weather data (obs, radar,
satellite, model data, SIGMETS, PIREPS, etc.)
in graphical and/or textual formats
• Available on corporate intranet and on the
internet via pilot.fedex.com
• National Weather Service and IPS Meteostar,
Inc. (IPSM) are data providers
• IPSM servers process all incoming data for
display in WINDS
Satellite Feeds
LEADS Weather Workstation
weather.fedex.com - WINDS
FedEx Forecasts
DLH FT FEDEX 2216Z-2309Z 4 BKN 1SM BR
0910 OCNL 2 X 1/4SM FG VCRA
19Z 8 BKN 11/2SM BR 0910 OCNL 4 BKN 3/4SM
FG
04Z 4 BKN 2SM BR OCNL 2 X 3/4SM FG * =
MEM FT FEDEX 2216Z-2312Z ABV 2000/3 1508
03Z ABV 2000/3 1104 =
Staff
Melvin Bradley, Manager
John Burns
Dale Dockus
Clint Fugate
Jeff Woodard
Trevor Hansen
Al Lipson
Priscilla Parham
Dale Marks
Erik Proseus
Kory Gempler
Harry Woolford
Jeff Vose
Mike Watts
Dave Mack
QUESTIONS?