| The Met Office is one of only two World Area Forecast
Centres (WAFC) - the other is WAFC Washington. Since 1984, WAFC London
has provided international forecasting services to meet Annex 3 to the
ICAO Convention on Civil Aviation. This means having the ability to
provide global forecasts of upper winds and temperatures for all flights
throughout the world.
This specialised information enables operators to optimise safety
and fuel consumption for their aircraft.
- Providing global upper-wind and temperature data twice each day
- Delivering significant weather data (SIGWX) charts every six
hours for FL250 and above
- SIGWX covers international flights operating over Europe, the
Middle East, Asia, Australasia, Africa and the Atlantic
- Includes operational meteorology (OPMET) TAFs, METARs and SIGMETs
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We enhance safety for the north-east Atlantic routes, provide reports
and forecasts for the movement of volcanic ash plumes within our area
of responsibility, and cover the UK, Iceland and the north-eastern
part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
More about VAAC
| International data distribution |
The powerful satellite distribution system, SADIS,
which gets essential information to aviation users across half the
planet, is delivered and maintained by the Met Office.
More on SADIS
We are responsible for the provision of en route hazardous
weather warnings (SIGMETs) to aircraft within our area of responsibility.
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