AFOS Terminal Forecast Quality Control (July 1994)

摘要

Terminal forecasts (FT's) are issued by Weather Service Forecast Offices (WSFO's)for approximately 500 airports nationwide. To assist WSFO's in preparing error free FT's, an Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS) applications program has been written to perform quality control checks for the forecaster. The program, called FTQC, checks FT's for typographical errors, format inconsistencies, and some meteorological inconsistencies. It can be used either on multiple FT's stored together in a workfile or on individual FT products. FTQC produces a summary of its findings which can be displayed on the forecaster's alphanumeric display module (ADM). This document, which is an update of PB88-169925 with the same name, provides a description of the FTQC program's operation, definitions of the error messages, and suggested corrective measures.