Definition
A telephone service, available in Alaska, that allows a pilot to dial a published number and listen to the same continuous recorded weather and aeronautical information that is transmitted over the Transcribed Weather Broadcast (TWEB) on selected navigation aids. The recording typically includes route-oriented weather, winds aloft, terminal forecasts, and pertinent NOTAMs for a specific area.
Plain English
A phone number a pilot can call to hear a recorded weather briefing for an Alaskan flight area, instead of tuning it in over a radio.
Context Anchor
Seen in Alaska weather-service discussions and in references to TWEB availability for pilots.
Derivation
TEL is short for telephone. TWEB stands for Transcribed Weather Broadcast — 'transcribed' meaning recorded for replay, not broadcast live. Putting TEL in front simply signals that this is the phone-access version of the same recording.
Why Pilots Care
Provides pilots in remote Alaska areas with route-specific weather without needing VHF radio coverage.
Intuition Check
TEL-TWEB is not a two-way phone briefing with a specialist. It is telephone access to a recorded weather broadcast.
Example Sentence 1
Before departing Bethel, the pilot called the TEL-TWEB number to listen to the latest route weather and winds aloft.
Example Sentence 2
In areas without good radio signal, TEL-TWEB offered a reliable way to hear transcribed enroute weather.