TAF forecaster office phone

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A1TAPE

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If you had a direct line to the forecast office for every airport and were allowed to call out forecasters on their TAFs without it affecting your job what would you tell the forecaster or ask them?
 
When looking for an alternate, I once saw an airport TAF completely miss the mark with the TAF showing VFR when conditions were very much IFR. When reviewing the forecast discussion I recognized the initials at the bottom of the discussion as a friend who now works at that NWS office. Messaged them to see what they were thinking would happen over the rest of the evening and got detailed discussion and most importanly a confidence level on conditions staying what they were and not deteriorating any furthrer. They also admited their TAF was garbage lol
 
The old place I used to work at we did that quite a bit. They are VERY receptive to calls and do not hesitate to help if they can. They are monitoring multiple airports at any given time so they appreciate the help watching the trends. I have never been told NO to a requested forecast change, as long as the trnde supports it.
 
Pancake said:
Makes me think of some of those Canadian TAFs where you’ll see TEMPO, PROB30, PROB40, BECMG, and more all in the same span of 2-4 hours.
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Yeah like this one I posted recently ha

CYQX 260800Z 20008KT 20SM OVC170 15/12 A2984 RMK AC8 SLP108 DENSITY ALT 800FT

TAF CYQX 260540Z 2606/2706 18010KT P6SM FEW040 BKN150 BKN200
TEMPO 2606/2609 P6SM -SHRA BKN040 OVC150
FM260900 20012KT P6SM FEW020 BKN120 OVC200
TEMPO 2609/2614 P6SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC120
FM261400 21012G22KT P6SM FEW020 BKN080 OVC160
TEMPO 2614/2616 5SM -SHRA BR BKN020 OVC080
FM261600 22013G23KT 5SM -SHRA BR FEW009 OVC020
TEMPO 2616/2619 P6SM -SHRA SCT020 OVC040
FM261900 23012G22KT 3SM -SHRA BR SCT006 OVC012
TEMPO 2619/2701 P6SM -SHRA FEW006 BKN015 OVC030
PROB30 2621/2624 VRB15G30KT 2SM TSRA BR BKN006 OVC015CB
FM270100 27010KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT004 OVC008
PROB40 2701/2702 2SM -SHRA -DZ BR OVC004
FM270200 34012G22KT 2SM -DZ BR VV003
RMK NXT FCST BY 261200Z
 
if your airline uses the weather company, Delta weather or has its own provider then the TAF writer's phone number should be programmed on your phone system.

The NWS TAF has a forecast discussion section on noaa.gov. Type in the city you are flying to and at the bottom is forecast discussion with aviation section normally at the end of the written forecast.
 

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A1TAPE said:
If you had a direct line to the forecast office for every airport and were allowed to call out forecasters on their TAFs without it affecting your job what would you tell the forecaster or ask them?
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The forecasts for King Salmon, AK have been remarkably wrong many days this summer: some days wildly missing the visibility, ceilings, and, most recently, the winds. And there’s a NWS forecasting office located there! If I had their number I’d call to tell them their dart board needs replacing.
 
Plata said:
The forecasts for King Salmon, AK have been remarkably wrong many days this summer: some days wildly missing the visibility, ceilings, and, most recently, the winds. And there’s a NWS forecasting office located there! If I had their number I’d call to tell them their dart board needs replacing.
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They are probably out watching the bears
 
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