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The FAA Aviation Weather Division (AWD) is leading an effort to assess convective weather products through user feedback.  AWD intends to apply that feedback with other work to reduce conflicting information, and exploit higher resolution information. The Aviation Weather Demonstration and Evaluation (AWDE) Services team is tasked to gather information on how convective weather products are currently used.  The data collected will be analyzed and reported as group data.  No personal identifying information will be collected or reported. To ensure your anonymity, please do not supply any identifying information such as name or email address.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

Specific objectives for this survey are to:

1.         Identify convective weather products used by the aviation weather community.
2.         Determine overall usability of the convective weather products.
3.         Determine overall preference of the convective weather products.
4.         Identify optimal convective weather products to support decision-making.
5.         Identify weather products that do not support the decision-making processes.

The link below provides screen captures of each convective weather product for your reference.

Convective Weather Products

Please do not give any identifying information such as name or email address to protect anonymity.

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* 1. Please select the user category which defines your current aviation role.

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* 2. What geographical area(s) do you fly and/or assess weather conditions?
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* 3. Please use the following definitions when answering questions 3 through 9. 

Consistency:  When weather forecast information is similar to other weather forecast information that is currently available for that time and location.

Accuracy:  When weather forecast information occurs at/near the location and when/near the time predicted.


When assessing convective weather information, accuracy metrics (e.g., percentages) are needed.

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* 4. When assessing convective weather information, accuracy metrics (e.g., percentages) are needed at the following forecast hour(s) (select all that apply):

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* 5. It’s important for the latest forecast to be consistent with the previous forecast of a singular product.

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* 6. Forecast consistency is necessary when assessing the following timeframes (select all that apply):

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* 7. Forecast accuracy is necessary when assessing the following timeframes (select all that apply):

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* 8. When assessing different convective weather products:

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* 9. When assessing a singular convective weather product and the forecast updates, the following statement is true:

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* 10. What information is necessary to have when assessing a convective weather forecast (check all that apply)?

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* 11. Please prioritize the list below from most important information to the least important using the arrow keys next to each item.

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* 12. Please rate the following products on Frequency of Use:

  Always
(more than 5x a week) 		Often
(3-5x a week) 		Sometimes
(2x a week) 		Rarely
(1x a week) 		Never
Center Weather Advisory (CWA)
Convective Significant Meteorological Information (SIGMET)
Convective SIGMET Outlook
Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS)/ Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA)
Extended Convective Forecast Product (eCFP)
Extended Traffic Flow Management Convective Forecast (eTCF)
Gate Forecast
Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS)
Offshore Precipitation Capability (OPC)
SPC Aviation Watch Notification Message (SAW)
Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Outlook
Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF)
Traffic Flow Management Convective Forecast (TCF)
World Area Forecast System (WAFS) Grids

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