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AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

4-1-23 Weather Systems Processor

AIM Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control — Section 4-1, Services Available to Pilots

Official text — AIM 4-1-23

AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

The Weather Systems Processor (WSP) was developed for use in the National Airspace System to provide weather processor enhancements to selected Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)-9 facilities. The WSP provides Air Traffic with warnings of hazardous wind shear and microbursts. The WSP also provides users with terminal area 6-level weather, storm cell locations and movement, as well as the location and predicted future position and intensity of wind shifts that may affect airport operations.

Reproduced from the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual (Basic (with Change 3)). The AIM is FAA guidance, not regulation. Verify against the official source before relying on it operationally.

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