1. Ceiling and Visibility for the Cockpit
Paul Herzegh
Lead, FAA/AWRP National C&V Team
Photo Credit: AOPA Air Safety Foundation.

2. Why Address Ceiling & Visibility?
Efficiency
Safety
121 & 135
Hi-End GA
DoD
Helo EMS
Low/Mid GA
For Common Situational Awareness
- Collaborative Decision Making
- Shared view....
Pilot/Control/Dispatch/FSS
Tools to Assure & Improve Safety
- Highly non-routine operations
- Often lesser-equipped.
Tools for Warning, Avoidance & Escape
- VFR to IMC most deadly.

3. GA Fixed-Wing C&V Safety
Accident Record
VFR to IMC & spatial disorientation.
Upward trends
~ 2 deaths/accident
~ 90% are fatal
Cockpit Wx can bring:
Better GA VFR to IFR decisions.
Enabling support for Helo EMS.
121,135 & DoD Flight Deck collaborative decision making.

4. C&V Surface Grids Soon Available
ConUS Current Analysis
Ceiling, vis, flt category
User Confidence fields
Cloudy/Clear mapping
5 km res, 5 min update
GRIB2, NetCDF
Operational next August
Analysis Input Data
METAR data
GOES satellite
Terrain
Views
Map plan
Flight path X-Section (Fall ’06)
Overlays
METARs
TAFs
VORs
Vert. cross-section

5. C&V Surface Grids Soon Available
ConUS Current Analysis
Ceiling, vis, flt category
User Confidence fields
Cloudy/Clear mapping
5 km res, 5 min update
GRIB2, NetCDF
Operational next August
Analysis Input Data
METAR data
GOES satellite
Terrain
Views
Map plan
Flight path X-Section (Fall ’06)
Overlays
METARs
TAFs
VORs
Vert. cross-section

7. Experimental Web application for Ceiling & Visibility.
We want your comments & input.
See me for link to the application.
Paul Herzegh