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§ There were lengthy discussions about Tower/Terminal wake issues as well as En - Route wake issues. § Hopefully the final product will be beneficial t o all controllers in the field. WEATHER: Matt Tucker (ZTL) represents NATCA's bargai ning units on all weather issues. His update for this week is below. · Weather and Radar Processor upgrade ECP - 1 o Attended a training telcon about the current WARP CBI and the training that is needed to cover the upgrade and to bring the curren t CBI up to the new system including ERAM changes. The testing for ECP - 1 in the TTL in ZHU appears to be going well, all the comments that are coming back show the improvement in latency and accuracy of the NEXRAD product on ERAM · CDM - Weather Evalua tion Team o Attended a couple of telcons including a half day meeting to discuss the Collaborative Aviation Weather Statement (CAWS). The team is working on changes for next year to refocus the product into what it was meant to actually be. o The discu ssions are focusing around triggers for issuing a CAWS and terminology to be used for describing the areas of weather, tops forecasts being averaged for the area of weather instead of MAX tops, reporting criteria for terminal and enroute domains. o The team goes before the CDM Steering Group October 13th to obtain the approval to proceed down the path the team is currently moving. The CAWS will end October 31st and will restart March 1st. · NSWRC Nextgen Weather and Radar Capability o Att ended the Bi - weekly meeting which gave an update on the program and its movement to the initial investment decision. The program is planning to have an investment decision in December to start the program as an actual for development and deployment .