Sec. 3. Aviation weather and turbulence forecasting coordination
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The Director of the National Weather Service shall include turbulence events or phenomena, icing conditions, or other phenomena in the forecasting capabilities of the National Weather Service’s Aviation Weather Center, and deliver operational forecasts with consistent, timely, and accurate weather and turbulence information for the airspace system and the protection of lives and property. In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the National Weather Service shall— give consideration to recommendations from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in furtherance of section 44720 of title 49, United States Code; and improve weather and turbulence forecasting capabilities by— designating or establishing within the Federal Government an interagency working group to determine weather and environmental data or observation requirements, needs, and potential solutions related to aviation weather and turbulence modeling or forecasting; identifying current and future potential data gaps related to turbulence events or phenomena that can— identify or inform route specific flight planning; and be supplemented or filled by commercial aviation tools; transitioning research initiatives and pilot programs, including a pilot program of instrumentation for observing greenhouse gases and other atmospheric factors deployed on commercial aircraft and supporting the evaluation of a sustained observing network using such platforms, into operations that improve the forecasting missions of the Aviation Weather Center; developing and deploying improved probabilistic aviation weather forecast guidance technology; and updating interagency agreements, as appropriate, including to address reimbursable agreements.