EUMETNET is pleased to announce that on 1 May, BULATSA started the operational service provision of eGAFOR for the area of Bulgaria.
With the coordination of EUMETNET, BULATSA has joint as the 8th Aeronautical Meteorology Air Navigation Service Providers (MET ANSPs) participating in the eGAFOR Module alongside ARSO (Slovenia), BHANSA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), CCL (Croatia), HungaroMet (Hungary), ROMATSA (Romania), SHMI (Slovakia), SMATSA (Serbia and Montenegro). The Participants regularly produce a uniform, harmonized, probabilistic, graphical, colour-coded, low-level Forecast (LLF) for VFR Flights up to FL 100, with an assessment of the impact of weather on flight routes.
The main user of the eGAFOR forecast is General Aviation and the forecast is freely available for users via this dedicated webpage: eGAFOR Viewer