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Aviation Weather Forecaster Training Plans

Aviation Weather Forecaster Training Plans. LeRoy Spayd NWS Office of Meteorology Chief, Science & Training Core Aviation Weather Forum July 26, 2000. OUTLINE. NWS Aviation Weather Forecasting Training Requirements Learning Materials Available FY2001 Development Efforts.

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Aviation Weather Forecaster Training Plans

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  1. Aviation Weather ForecasterTraining Plans LeRoy Spayd NWS Office of Meteorology Chief, Science & Training Core Aviation Weather Forum July 26, 2000

  2. OUTLINE • NWS Aviation Weather Forecasting Training Requirements • Learning Materials Available • FY2001 Development Efforts

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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 Sounding and Wind Profiles • Forecasting Aviation Icing: Icing Assessment Using Observations and Pilot Reports • Radiation Fog

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  10. 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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  12. 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

  13. 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)

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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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  18. 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”

  19. 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

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