Show weather wea her bureau guards flyers hourly reports planned to safeguard miles of airways new york hourly reports of weather veat lier along the airways are one of the needs of civil aeronautics in this way the pilots muy may be Imi immediately nedla fely informed of any changes in weather conditions dit ions it II gregg of tile the united antes weather bureau told members of the american meteorological society here recently A at I 1 the e present time the established airways cover some miles will ab nb about I 1 half this dista distarce uce lighted for t lying flying Spec special lal weather service has been organized on all of these airways this service includes upper air reports from about fifty stations at which pi lot balloons are used in measuring up per winds and reports of surface weather conditions from about stations located at critical points on the airways themselves in general the reports are timed to ut alt tile the flight schedules although there are now in operations two experimental services san francisco to los angeles and new york to cleveland in which the reports are furnished at al frequent regular intervals both day and night flight thus all lying flying on those airways Is served whether on regular schedule or n not ol 01 tile reports contain information concerning those weather elements that are of most concern to pilots particularly ticul arly visibility ceiling height of cloud base fog and storminess these reports are supplemented by short range forecasts for the next one to five to six hours future plans outlined so much for the lie present status As to future prospects tile the plans that are being worked out for fid adoption option as rap ernp idly filly as facilities penult include the following main features the extension of the twice daiil dull program of countrywide reports to a four buur times a day program thus making available aval lable general forecasts and bulletins at of sis hours instead of twelve hours ns at present A supplementary system of three hourly reports from small smail areas 1 secondary nets along the several severa 1 clr ways tile receipt of liese hy by t trained mined meteorologists nt at airport stations will malie make possible the safeguarding 0 of ly fly ers from disturbances that develop some distance off tile airways and ril ap then them from one side alile or tilt tip other hourly bourly reports from numerous nume rou points on the airways themselves these will all keep the afie und and others constantly ns na to rn changes that may be along tile hue of night A prompt pro nept und dept sm ali of comm is 18 the it the service ben ice at al presena lie flip tele ype I 1 or t pevi alter ter print printer ejr Is being fuir ably comi considered dered for fir the lie reports provably bly hie file telegraph wid belk sitione will answer fot foi the lie less r re ports lIf tillo must he included int eluded fin f between mul pinne and wilt will tilt the other when they arp are out of sinn |