FedEx Weather Services

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FedEx Weather Services

• Air Operations Division

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Mission

• Provide the most accurate weather forecasts and
  briefings for North American and Caribbean
  operations. The Meteorology department also
  provides the timeliest technical meteorological
  data to support international flight operations.
  Through continuous efforts to support customer
  alignment in support of quality, the Meteorology
  department helps to ensure FedEx remains the
  safest, most reliable and cost-efficient air
  transportation system in the world.

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Fast Facts

• Operates 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week
• Located within Global Operations Control, which
  is the departments primary customer
• Staff of 15
• Approved by FAA as primary source of forecasts
  for all domestic trunk flights and some
  international flights

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Responsibilities

• Issue terminal forecasts twice daily for nearly
  150 domestic and a few international locations
  with valid times of 16-27 hours
• Issue SNOCON alerts for Memphis, Newark, and Indy
  hubs
• Participate in the production of the
  Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)
• Forecast temperature, wind, and altimeter
  settings for hubs and high-altitude ramps
• Expert advice offered within company, including
• several daily weather briefings to GOC
  specialists
• briefings to flight crews, as necessary
• guidance on en-route hazardous weather conditions
  (i.e., icing, turbulence)
• other meteorological conditions that may affect
  daily operations (tropical contingencies,
  volcanic ash, winter weather, etc.)

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WINDS website

• Primary source of weather information for FDX
  Corp.
• Displays all pertinent weather data (obs, radar,
  satellite, model data, SIGMETS, PIREPS, etc.) in
  graphical and/or textual formats
• Available on corporate intranet and on the
  internet via pilot.fedex.com
• National Weather Service and IPS Meteostar, Inc.
  (IPSM) are data providers
• IPSM servers process all incoming data for
  display in WINDS

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Satellite Feeds
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LEADS Weather Workstation
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weather.fedex.com - WINDS
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FedEx Forecasts

• DLH FT FEDEX 2216Z-2309Z 4 BKN 1SM BR 0910 OCNL 2
  X 1/4SM FG VCRA
• 19Z 8 BKN 11/2SM BR 0910 OCNL 4 BKN 3/4SM FG
• 04Z 4 BKN 2SM BR OCNL 2 X 3/4SM FG
• MEM FT FEDEX 2216Z-2312Z ABV 2000/3 1508
• 03Z ABV 2000/3 1104

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Staff
Melvin Bradley, Manager John Burns Dale
Marks Dale Dockus Erik Proseus Clint
Fugate Kory Gempler Jeff Woodard Harry
Woolford Trevor Hansen Jeff Vose Al Lipson
Mike Watts Priscilla Parham Dave Mack
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