The Collaborative Weather Forecasting System (CWFS) is one of the most sophisticated Web-based applications capable of displaying any type of geo-referenced data while keeping a very simple user interface.

About the system

• Powerful graphical Web-based application designed to present meteorological information on a geo-referenced background.

• Collaboration tool allowing users to chat one-to-one or one-to-many to discuss forecasts.

• Visualization tool displaying weather information received from various sources in real-time.

• Visualization tool to display flight plan and track flights (optional).

• Animation capability for satellite and radar images.

Multiple layers

• Imagery Layer:  Geographical Boundaries, Satellite and Radar images.

• METAR displayed as METAR Plot (similar to a Station Plot) or as Flight Conditions (Red for IFR, Yellow for MVFR and Green for VFR).

• PIREP displayed with different icons depending upon whether the PIREP is for (1) Light, Medium or Severe Turbulence or (2) Light, Medium or Severe Icing.

• AIRMET with coverage area displayed as Circle, Rectangle or Polygon with a Purple background.

• SIGMET with coverage area displayed as Circle, Rectangle or Polygon with a Red background.

• Possibility to add other layers of data, e.g. Cities/Airports, rivers, basins, Digital Elevation model, bathymetry, etc.

• Pop up display of raw data for any one of the above types of reports with mouse over.

Functionalities