Nmm TRACON controller reports of weather system provided by the military at this facility that is ha...

Narrative:

This is a FAA facility working on a military air base. This issue involves issuing weather to pilots. The military has changed our weather vision so that issuing the weather to pilots is extremely difficult and sometimes impossible. The weather constantly scrolls on the screen which makes it impossible to read it to a pilot without having to pause while it shows on the screen again. During periods of heavy traffic this creates an enormous safety hazard to aviation. Also; the font on the screen is so small because of all the information makes it difficult to read. The military has on occasions cut the feed of weather to it before the aircraft are finished flying which was the case the other day; when an aircraft declared an emergency and the weather could not be issued for the aircraft if the pilot wanted to return and land. The screen and font is so small some of the weather is actually off the screen and cut off so that you can't see it. The military has been notified of this safety issue and they refuse to work with the FAA manager and FAA personnel on this issue. Weather is very important to aviation and this issue needs to be addressed immediately. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMM TRACON Controller reports of weather system provided by the military at this facility that is hard to read. Controller states the information constantly scrolls and the screen and font are so small that it is hard to read the weather.

Narrative: This is a FAA facility working on a military air base. This issue involves issuing weather to pilots. The military has changed our weather vision so that issuing the weather to pilots is extremely difficult and sometimes impossible. The weather constantly scrolls on the screen which makes it impossible to read it to a pilot without having to pause while it shows on the screen again. During periods of heavy traffic this creates an enormous safety hazard to aviation. Also; the font on the screen is so small because of all the information makes it difficult to read. The military has on occasions cut the feed of weather to it before the aircraft are finished flying which was the case the other day; when an aircraft declared an emergency and the weather could not be issued for the aircraft if the pilot wanted to return and land. The screen and font is so small some of the weather is actually off the screen and cut off so that you can't see it. The military has been notified of this safety issue and they refuse to work with the FAA manager and FAA personnel on this issue. Weather is very important to aviation and this issue needs to be addressed immediately. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1202876
Time
Date	201409
Place
Locale Reference	NMM.TRACON
State Reference	MS
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	No Aircraft
Person 1
Function	Coordinator Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Military 10 Air Traffic Control Radar 15 Air Traffic Control Supervisory 2 Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 10
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Nmm TRACON controller reports of weather system provided by the military at this facility that is hard to read. Controller states the information constantly scrolls and the screen and font are so small that it is hard to read the weather.