WEATHER FORECASTING ACCURACY FOR FAA TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 The Aviation Community's Weather Forecast Needs -- IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM -- Operational Forecasting Community -- Industry -- Collaborative Decision-Making Process -- COLLABORATIVE CONVECTIVE FORECAST PRODUCT -- Overview of the System -- Evaluation and Verification -- CURRENT STATUS OF OPERATIONAL FORECASTING -- Constraints -- Numerical Modeling -- 2 Status of Aviation Weather Forecasting Research -- STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CONVECTIVE FORECASTS -- Richard Carbone -- J.Michael Fritsch -- Cynthia Mueller -- RESEARCH GAPS AND NEEDS -- PRESENTATION OF FORECASTS -- VERIFICATION SCHEMES -- 3 Next Steps -- References -- Appendix A Statement of Task -- Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix D Workshop Agenda -- Appendix E List of Workshop Participants.