MET.OR.275
World area forecast centre responsibilities
Regulation (EU) 2021/1338
(a) The WAFC shall issue:
(1) gridded global
forecasts of:
(i) upper wind;
(ii) upper-air temperature and
humidity;
(iii) geopotential altitude of
flight levels;
(iv) flight level and
temperature of tropopause;
(v) direction, speed and
flight level of maximum wind;
(vi) cumulonimbus clouds;
(vii) icing;
(viii) turbulence;
(2) global
forecasts of significant weather (SIGWX) phenomena, including volcanic
activity and release of radioactive materials.
(b) The WAFC shall ensure that
world area forecast system products in digital form are transmitted using
binary data communications techniques.
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