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Graphical forecasts become operational
The National Weather Service’s project to replace the area forecast (FA) with digital-age interactive forecasting moved into a key phase April 13 when a graphical forecasting tool that has been available online as an experimental offering was upgraded to operational status. (www.aopa.org) Plus d'info...
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Good application of technology. For those of us reading this on our smart phones, our watches and phones have more computing power than the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Amazing change when you stop to think about it.
"The [Flight Services] specialists won’t have access to the interactive graphical forecasts that pilots can view online because of bandwidth constraints. The static images are less data-dependent, so they will be the alternative for the briefers as well as pilots, operators, and dispatchers who have bandwidth-limited internet access."
I didn't even know "bandwidth constraints" were still a thing in 2017.
I didn't even know "bandwidth constraints" were still a thing in 2017.
Not everyone has high speed internet to the desktop (or smart phone). There also may be constraints on the server throughput.
You mean the guy giving me wx briefings has been getting his updates by telegraph?
Of Morse not, but he does have to crank the wall phone to alert the operator.
