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Enroute controller chronicled the benefits of having a weather expert readily available at the facility/sector to provide detailed and timely weather information.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 922181 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201012 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
A crj climbed to FL230. Pilot advised that they could not climb through clouds and that they were speed restricted to 240 KTS. Aircraft had gear stuck down and wanted to remain clear of clouds. I contacted next sector to determine route. I asked to have meteorologist come to the area and he/she came to the area. I quickly explained situation. He/she went back to weather unit and was back very shortly telling us that the clouds were breaking up to the south and that the best route was not inland; in fact to avoid that route; but near the coast. We then re-cleared the aircraft to keep the aircraft in an area of scattered clouds where a climb could continue. Recommendation; if we had not been able to immediately get a meteorologist to the area and physically point to the airplane and show what was going on; we would not have been able to determine the best route. The aircraft was entering another sector in approach so we had to coordinate with several center sectors; and having the timely access to an on-the-spot meteorologist certainly made sure that the aircraft was going to finish the flight and not have to divert while in some very heavy congested airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Enroute Controller chronicled the benefits of having a weather expert readily available at the facility/sector to provide detailed and timely weather information.
Narrative: A CRJ climbed to FL230. Pilot advised that they could not climb through clouds and that they were speed restricted to 240 KTS. Aircraft had gear stuck down and wanted to remain clear of clouds. I contacted next sector to determine route. I asked to have meteorologist come to the area and he/she came to the area. I quickly explained situation. He/she went back to Weather Unit and was back very shortly telling us that the clouds were breaking up to the south and that the best route was NOT inland; in fact to avoid that route; but near the coast. We then re-cleared the aircraft to keep the aircraft in an area of scattered clouds where a climb could continue. Recommendation; if we had not been able to immediately get a meteorologist to the area and physically point to the airplane and show what was going on; we would not have been able to determine the best route. The aircraft was entering another sector in Approach so we had to coordinate with several Center sectors; and having the timely access to an on-the-spot meteorologist certainly made sure that the aircraft was going to finish the flight and not have to divert while in some very heavy congested airspace.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.