CWSU meteorologists provide support for FAA's air traffic management with pertinent meteorological information for airports and airspace in the control center's area of responsibility.
Meteorologists disseminate information to brief air traffic control area managers where, when, and what is expected, when the weather arrives in the ARTCC's various sectors.
CWSUs are staffed by around 4 NWS meteorologists (including one manager), but their operations are eventually reimbursed by the FAA's budget under an "Interagency Agreement".
After this incident, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Weather Service (NWS) began a contractual Interagency Agreement (IAA) partnership that remains to this day.
One (1) Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC) and three (3) General Forecasters that comprise the Center Weather Service Unit are co-located inside each of the FAA's 21 CONUS Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) and are structured under the Department of Commerce (DOC)'s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS).