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Aviation Weather ForecasterTraining Plans
LeRoy Spayd
NWS Office of Meteorology
Chief, Science & Training Core
Aviation Weather Forum
July 26, 2000
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• NWS Aviation Weather Forecasting Training Requirements
• Learning Materials Available
• FY2001 Development Efforts
NWS Aviation Weather Forecasting Training Requirements
• For all NWS job areas, subject matter expert meetings were held to define universe of potential training needs
• 288 total training units, 31 of which are related to Aviation Weather Forecasting
• From this universe, NWS has an internal process to prioritize which items to develop in any given year
NWS Aviation Weather Forecasting Training Requirements (cont.)
• Interagency team of experts defined a complete set of job-based training requirements for NWS,
Air Force, and Navy forecasters
• Forecasting Aviation Icing
• Forecasting Low‑Altitude Clouds and Fog for Aviation Operations
• Forecasting Turbulence
• Impact of Aviation Weather on Customers
• CWSU On‑Station Systems/Operations
• Issuing Effective CWSU Products
NWS Aviation Weather Forecasting Training Requirements (cont.)
• Highest priority training requirements defined by NWS field users support Service Areas identified in “National Aviation Weather Initiatives” document:• Ceiling & Visibility
• Convective Hazards
• Enroute & Terminal Winds/Temperatures
• In-Flight Icing
• Turbulence
• Volcanic Ash/Other Airborne Hazards
Learning Materials Available
• NWS/Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) modules now available for access via the World Wide Web (Co-Funded by Air Force and Navy):
• Forecasting Aviation Icing: Type and Severity• Forecasting Aviation Icing :Icing Assessment Using So
unding and Wind Profiles• Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Assessment Using Ob
servations and Pilot Reports• Radiation Fog
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Learning Materials Available (cont.)
• NWS/COMET CD Module:
• Review of GOES-IR Imagery Including Winter and Icing Applications (done for Air Force)
• NWS/COMET Resource Data Set:
• Forecasting Aviation Icing: The Icing Event of 6 March 1996
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Available Convective Hazards Training Resources
• NWS has developed the following training for “Convective Hazards”:
• NWS Operational Support Facility/Operations Training Branch (OSF/OTB)
• WSR-88D Distance Learning Operations Course• Warning Decision Making Workshop• Supercell Explorer• Storm Type and Prognostic Soundings• Online case studies
• NWS/Central Region• Heavy Precipitation Supercell
Available Convective Hazards Training Resources (cont.)
• NWS/COMET • Anticipating Storm Structure and Evolution• Mesoscale Convective Systems: Squall Lines and Bow
Echoes • The Convective Storm Matrix• Online case studies
• NWS Training Center (NWSTC)• Local climatological data base development for
critical severe weather parameters (in conjunction with NWS/Storm Prediction Center)
Learning Materials Available
• NWS Alaska Region has provided a workshop for their forecasters on the “Volcanic Ash and Other Airborne Hazards” Service area - results of collaborative projects
• NWS/COMET hosts a Resource Training Web Page, which currently contains presentation materials on the following topics:
• Great Lakes Workshop: Mesoscale Convective System Case Study of 13 July 95
• Methodology for Forecasting Slantwise Convection• Aviation Wind Shear and Low Level Wind Shear
Weather Training for Pilots
• NWS/COMET produced a demonstration module on icing with multi-agency participation:
- OFCM - FAA - Navy- Air Force - NASA - AOPA
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• Implementation suspended due to lack of funding• Good learning experience to adapt materials for
other users
FY2001 Training Development
• NWSTC to begin work on a web-based unit on forecasting turbulence with the NWS Aviation Weather Center
• Continued development of web-based modules on “Forecasting Low-Altitude Clouds and Fog” by NWS/COMET
• Overview of Fog• West Coast Fog• Fog Cases
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FY2001 Training Development (cont.)
• NWS/COMET to develop and begin offering a directed distance learning course on Forecasting Low-Altitude Clouds and Fog:
• To include self-paced and instructor-led modules (including teletraining)
• Focus on “Assessing Physical Processes leading to the Development, Movement, or Dissipation of Low- Altitude Clouds and Fog During the Forecast Period”
• Course also will touch on “Forecasting the Spatial and Temporal Onset and Dissipation of Low‑altitude Clouds and Fog”
Summary
• Continuing to develop high priority aviation weather forecaster training materials
• If funded, these materials could be adapted for other users
• Web address for modules:• www.comet.ucar.edu/modules/index.htm