Share: Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share by email Print National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices River Forecast Offices Center Weather Service Units Regional Offices National Centers for Environmental Prediction NOAA Weather Radio NWS Careers: Educational Requirements National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices River Forecast Offices Center Weather Service Units Regional Offices National Centers for Environmental Prediction NOAA Weather Radio NWS Careers: Educational Requirements Air Force One, a Boeing 747 which carries the President of the United States, uses weather information provided by the Center Weather Service Units to ensure safety while flying. Download Image The Center Weather Service Units monitor and provide weather forecasts and advisories to the nation's 21 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC). The nation's 21 CWSUs concentrate fully on aviation weather for the ARTCC, producing specialized, tailored forecasts and advisories of thunderstorms, turbulence, icing, and precipitation affecting the National Air Space system. Co-located with air traffic controllers, these face-to-face, on-the-spot briefings convey a variety of weather information to air traffic controllers and are vital in helping FAA personnel safely and efficiently route traffic. The meteorologists at the CWSU are very familiar with the differing weather regimes, which, due to the size of an ARTCC, can range from mountainous to desert to tropical. The catalyst that placed weather personnel in each ARTCC was the 1978 crash of Southern Airways flight number 242, which flew into a thunderstorm and crashed en-route to Atlanta. Both engines flamed out due to hail ingestion. The ensuing investigation suggested that Air Traffic Controllers needed a better way to receive timely weather information, and the CWSU program was born. Below is a map of the Center Weather Service Units and their areas of responsibility. Click or select on an image below or use the drop down menu to go to any office website. Center Weather Service Units Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Memphis New York Oakland Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C. Map of the Center Weather Service Units and their areas of responsibility. National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices River Forecast Offices Center Weather Service Units Regional Offices National Centers for Environmental Prediction NOAA Weather Radio NWS Careers: Educational Requirements