MetObserver for Afghan Airport

All Weather, Inc. (AWI) will be installing its new MetObserver weather monitoring system at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan this summer. The MetObserver system is an unmanned system that provides up-to-the-minute weather data to airport personnel and pilots. The system incorporates a hot-swap feature and a backup UPS and battery array to ensure the system remains in service around the clock. The MetObserver system is ICAO compliant and has been designed in close cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation of Afghanistan. It maintains an ongoing record of weather data, as well as generating reports for analysis and output over a number of data networks, including AFTN and ATIS. Included in the MetObserver system are sensors for measuring wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rainfall, and barometric pressure. The Kabul Airport system will also be outfitted with AWI's Laser Ceilometer and Dual-Technology Visibility Sensor. Laser ceilometers use laser pulses and sophisticated software algorithms to "see" cloud cover, enabling them to determine the height and depth of up to three layers of clouds above an airport.