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In this case study, we will simulate the actions of aeronautical forecasters on duty at Niamey airport between 12:00 UTC on 11th June 2012 to 07:00 UTC the following day.
Note that time is moving at 5 times normal speed. This means you have about 1 and a half hours to prepare the documentation for the the briefing.
The forecaster should, among other things, issue and transmit:
The flight being briefed is from N'Djamena (Chad) to Bamako (Mali) with
a stop-over at Niamey (Niger) on 11th June 2012.
The flight is expected to leave N'Djamena at 20:00 UTC on
11th June 2012
Arriving Niamey on the same day at 23:30 UTC
Departing for Bamako after a 2-hours stop-over at Niamey at 01:30 UTC
The cruising level is FL200 and the expected flight duration between Niamey and Bamako is 3 hours. The aircrew have booked a briefing for 19:00 UTC.
A more detailed briefing, details of products to be produced and forms available to assist in preparing the briefing are available here.
Note that these flight durations are fictitious to meet the needs of this case.