L4 6.4.1.

1 Ingest and Process Weather AFTN Messages ( System Process)

L4 6.4.1.2 View Weather Messages
L4 6.4.1.3 Add/Delete Weather Messages
L4 6.4.1.4 Edit Weather Messages
L4 6.4.1.5 Audit Weather Messages
L4 6.4.1.6 Export Weather Messages
L4 6.4.1.7 Manage Unsuccessful GRIB Loads
L4 6.4.1.8 Manage Invalid Weather Messages
L4 6.4.1.1 Ingest and Process Weather AFTN Messages (System Process) Author: Meysam Ghanbari
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-GM-1.1-W, S4-GM-1.6-W, S4-GM-1.7-W, S4-OP-3.15 Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

L4 6.4.1.8 Manage
AIM

L4 6.4.1.2 View
Invalid Weather End End
Weather Messages
Messages

Send it to Invalid
Smart Flight Plan

No
Message Queue

Receive, and Ingest and Message Is

Weather Messages Valid?

Process and Record

Yes
Weather Message
Interface 4;
Weather Message

- Re-compile fragmented message, either 69

or 1800 character limitations
QSOA

Receive and Forward - Process bulletins and store the individual

Weather Messages messages under applicable entity

Interface 4;
Weather Message
AFTN

Receive and Forward

Weather Messages
ASA

Send Weather
Start
Messages to AFTN
 Author: Meysam Ghanbari
L4 6.4.1.2 View and Process Weather Messages
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-OP-3.1 to S4-OP-3.16, S4-OP-1.2, S4-OP-1.3, S4-OP-1.3.1, S4-OP-1.3.2, S4-OP-1.4, S4-OP-1.5
Flight Dispatch/AIM
Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

Start Navigate to [MET] Tab

Smart MET

System Displays User Clicks on Required What Product

Weather Products Weather Product Is Selected?
Airport WX If the information issued
more than 2 hours ago,
the system shows them in
For Each Weather red as a warning to users.
Type Selected In
Previous Step
Smart MET/
Airport WX

User Enters FIR ICAO User Selects What WX System Groups the WX
User Selects Required
System Displays Airport User Enters Date/Time Types To be Displayed: User Clicks on Submit System Displays
Codes – comma/space Period of Messages: Info based on WX Type, End
WX Section of the Report “METAR”, “TAF FC”, “TAF Button Weather Information
SIGMET separated “Latest” or “Latest ‘X’ hrs” Airport & Recency
FT”, OR “SNOWTAM”

User selects By Code

User Selects Required System Groups the
Smart MET/ SIGMET

Search for and enters FIR ICAO

System Displays Period of Sigmet User Clicks on Submit System Displays Sigmet SIGMET Info based on
FIR or Codes (Auto End
SIGMET Section Messages: Button Information FIR or BOM Sub-FIR
VAAC SubFIR? Completion Mechanism “Latest” or “Latest X hrs” code & Recency
Provided)

User selects to search

By Area and enters
BOM Sub-FIR code (e.g.
PH, CB)
Smart MET/

System Displays List of

VAAC

System Displays VAAC User Selects the VACC Volcanic Ash Messages
End
Section Region Related to the Selected
Region

3 ways to do this: From

navigation panel in left frame,
From drop-down list in right
frame or By clicking on region
in the map in right frame).
 Author: Meysam Ghanbari
L4 6.4.1.3 Add/Delete Weather Messages
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-OP-10.1, S4-OP-10.2, S4-OP-10.3, S4-OP-10.4
AIM
Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

Start Navigate to Smart MET

User Enters Station Code, Content,

METAR Issue Time, Msg Type and
Annotations
System Displays METAR
METAR
Messages Screen
User Enters Station Code, Content,
TAF Issue Time, Valid from/till, Msg Type
and Annotations
Smart MET

User Clicks On “METAR”, System Displays Add User Enters Airspace Code, BOM Sub-
System Displays Smart User Navigates to “METAR”, “TAF” System Displays TAF User Clicks On “Add” “METAR”, “TAF” User Clicks on “Save”
“TAF” or “SIGMET” Under TAF Next Action? Add Weather Message SIGMET FIR code, Content, Issue Time, Valid System Saves Message End
MET App Smart MET Menu or “SIGMET”? Messages Screen Button or “SIGMET”? Button
“Manage” Menu Item Screen from/till, Msg Type and Annotations

System Displays User Selects the User Clicks On

System Deletes the
SIGMET SIGMET Messages Delete Messages To be “Remove Selected” End
Selected Messages
Screen Deleted Button
 Author: Meysam Ghanbari
L4 6.4.1.4 Edit Weather Messages
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-OP-1.6, S4-OP-3.1 to S4-OP-3.16
AIM
Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

Start Navigate to Smart MET L4 6.4.1.2

View Weather End
Messages

User Edits Message Content, and

METAR
Issue Time

User Edits Message Content, Issue

TAF
Time, Valid from and Valid till Values

System Displays METAR

METAR
Smart MET/

Messages Screen User Clicks On A User Clicks on “Save”

System Displays “METAR”, “TAF” User Edits Message Content, Issue System Saves
Edit Message From Within SIGMET Button To Save
Message Content or “SIGMET”? Time, Valid from and Valid till Values Modifications
the List Changes

User Clicks On “METAR”, Do You Need

System Displays Smart “METAR”, “TAF” System Displays TAF
“TAF” or “SIGMET” Menu TAF to Filter or
MET Menu or “SIGMET”? Messages Screen
Item Edit?

These items can be User Enters “ICAO”

System Displays System Displays System Displays
seen under the User Clicks on Search Code, BOM Sub-FIR
SIGMET SIGMET Messages Filter Filtering Messages Pop- Messages Based on
Manage menu item, Button code and/or “Message
Screen Up Entered Criteria
within the MET main Status”
menu
 Author: Meysam Ghanbari
L4 6.4.1.5 Audit Weather Messages
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-OP-10.1, S4-OP-10.2, S4-OP-10.3
AIM
Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

Start Navigate to Smart MET

System Displays METAR

METAR
Messages Screen L4 6.4.1.6 Export
Export End
Weather Messages
Smart MET

User Clicks On “METAR”, System Displays ICAO Code, BOM System Displays “Modified Time” and
System Displays Smart User Navigates to “METAR”, “TAF” System Displays TAF “Modified By”, which shows who
L4 6.4.1.4 Edit
“TAF” or “SIGMET” Under TAF Sub-FIR code, Message Content, Next Action? Edit End
MET App Smart MET Menu or “SIGMET”? Messages Screen Weather Messages
“Manage” Menu Item and Validity Period Modified the Message

No Action
Also shows whether the
System Displays
Weather message has been
SIGMET SIGMET Messages End
processed automatically by the
Screen
system or manually by a user.
 Author: Meysam Ghanbari
L4 6.4.1.6 Export Weather Messages
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-GM-3.1-W
Flight Dispatch
Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

L4 6.4.1.2
Start Navigate to [MET] Tab View Weather
Messages
/ Airport WX, SIGMET or VAAC

User Selects “Local Laser User Selects

User Clicks on “Print” System Displays “Select Printer” or “Local Dot Appropriate Printer and End
Button Printer” Page
Smart MET

Matrix Printer” Clicks on “Print” Button

To export to PDF, user has to have a PDF

writer installed and be selected as the
printer during printing process, for
instance: CutePDF Writer
L4 6.4.1.7 Manage Unsuccessful GRIB Loads Author: Meysam Ghanbari
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: SM 6.8 US 040, SM 6.8 US 070 Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 0.8 Status: Signed By Product Owners
GRIB Loading GRIB Status Checking

Periodicity of checking depends

on the time intervals that the
GRIB files are loaded.
AIM

Navigate to Settings ->

Check GRIBs Status
System Monitor ->
Periodically
GRIBs Status Page
Failed GRIB loads are
highlighted in red.
GRIBs Status Screen

System Presents a Page User Selects Number of System Displays the

User Clicks on Show Any Missing User Contact BOM to
Containing the GRIBS Days for which the GRIBS Status For the Yes
Button Forecast Exists? Re-Distribute GRIB File
Interface Status Status To Be Presented Selected Time Period

No

End
Smart Flight Plan

Receive, and Validate

Load GRIB Files
GRIB Files
Flight Planning Engine

Question:
What if the Engine fails to load the GRIB file?
Interface 1;
Weather
Receive, Load and Use If GRIB not Valid, Log an
End A: The Engine logs a line in the logfile which is then
GRIB Files Error Line in Splunk
consumed by Splunk and reported in the Splunk /Phone Call
dashboard.
//Raised with FPO team

Receive and Forward Interface 1;

MFT

GRIB Files Weather

Interface 1;
Weather

Respond to Request
BOM

Start Distribute GRIB Files /Re-distribute and Re-distribute GRIB

File
 Author: Meysam Ghanbari
L4 6.4.1.8 Manage Invalid Weather Messages
Reviewed by: Patrick Li; Mike Riegler; Matt Johnston; Peter Hartmann;
User Stories: S4-OP-1.7, S4-OP-1.8 Date: 01/03/2017 Version: 1.0 Status: Signed By Product Owners

Notes Re TCA Messages:

TCA Messages will be managed via WeatherZone App and the Message L4 6.4.1.2 View and Search the Uploaded
Navigate to Smart MET,
AIM

Start End Yes Uploaded View Weather Message. If the Message was correctly
Select [SETTINGS] tab users will be able to access them in WeatherZone for Briefing Correctly? Messages uploaded, done.
purposes.
Otherwise go to invalid message
No queue, and find and re-upload it.
[SETTINGS] Tab
Smart MET/

User Clicks on “Invalid

Messages” Button

System Displays User Selects and Clicks System Displays All If Needed, User Clicks If Needed, User Clicks on System Displays User Selects Interface System Displays
Column Name to Sort Do You Need to User Clicks on Filter
Interface Messages, In On the Interface Name, Messages Related to on Page Numbers to Yes Filtering Messages Pop- Name and Enters Valid Messages Based on
[Invalid Messages] List

Messages ASCEND or Filter? Button

a Grouped List to Expand The Group The Selected Interface Switch between Pages DESCEND Up Dates (from/to) Entered Criteria
SETTINGS Tab/

No

Groups or Queues are named

in regards to interfaces they Need to Correct User Selects a Message User Copies The User Navigates to MET
are related to. System Displays “JMS
& Upload a Yes and Clicks on Content of The Invalid Config Section, Clicks
Message? File Upload” Screen
“Download” Message on “JMS File Upload”

No

End
SETTINGS Tab/ Smart MET/
JMS File Upload

User Pastes the Message

User Edits and Corrects User Selects the QCF User Selects the Queue User Clicks on “Upload” System Validates the System Uploads The
into the “Message” Box
Provided the Invalid Message JNDI Name JNDI Name Button Format of Message Message