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Reporter situation of numerous special WX although the observed WX had not changed. Procedure requires new ATIS for each special. Reporter stated WX at the time was more than adequate for visual approachs but could not be advertised due to ceiling being erroneously reported below minimums.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 351049 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | WA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : flight data |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 351049 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Receiving numerous special WX due to ASOS even though the observed WX did not change. The requirement to make new ATIS' for each special takes the controllers attention away from other matters that should have the attention. Also with constant erroneous special WX it may eventually come to pass that people will start ignoring special WX. Also the WX at the time was more than adequate for visual approachs but we could not advertise them because of the WX reports that were erroneously reporting the ceilings as below minimums.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR SIT OF NUMEROUS SPECIAL WX ALTHOUGH THE OBSERVED WX HAD NOT CHANGED. PROC REQUIRES NEW ATIS FOR EACH SPECIAL. RPTR STATED WX AT THE TIME WAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR VISUAL APCHS BUT COULD NOT BE ADVERTISED DUE TO CEILING BEING ERRONEOUSLY RPTED BELOW MINIMUMS.
Narrative: RECEIVING NUMEROUS SPECIAL WX DUE TO ASOS EVEN THOUGH THE OBSERVED WX DID NOT CHANGE. THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE NEW ATIS' FOR EACH SPECIAL TAKES THE CTLRS ATTN AWAY FROM OTHER MATTERS THAT SHOULD HAVE THE ATTN. ALSO WITH CONSTANT ERRONEOUS SPECIAL WX IT MAY EVENTUALLY COME TO PASS THAT PEOPLE WILL START IGNORING SPECIAL WX. ALSO THE WX AT THE TIME WAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR VISUAL APCHS BUT WE COULD NOT ADVERTISE THEM BECAUSE OF THE WX RPTS THAT WERE ERRONEOUSLY RPTING THE CEILINGS AS BELOW MINIMUMS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.