ACARS Data at FSL

• We get weather reports directly from Airlines (not from ARINC's MDCRS database), and from AMDAR.
• We translate and quality-control them here.
• This allows us to work with some new and experimental formats, such as those that include
  • Water vapor, and
  • Turbulence
• We display the data on a web page

• displays flight tracks, barbs, and soundings.
• Used extensively by NWS Forecasters and airlines.
  • For instance, UPS looks at soundings over 50 times per week.
• Restricted to participating airlines, and a few other sites.
• Demonstration displays, using archived data, are available at http://acweb.fsl.noaa.gov/

World

United States

For a 3.5 hour period last Friday

Zoomed

Zoomed in around O'Hare.
Data near cursor show this flight is bound from O'Hare to Heathrow, is flying at 23350 ft at 1541 UTC.

Wind Barbs

Wind barbs can be shown, and the altitude range displayed can be limited by using the altitude bar at the right.

Sounding

Clicking on a flight track reveals its sounding. No dewpoint is shown here because this particular aircraft doesn't measure humidity.
Detailed data is revealed at the cursor height.

Sounding with MAPS model

Soundings from the MAPS or RUC2 model can be superimposed.