http://www.navybmr.com/AG/PO2.html https://www.meted.ucar.

edu

ASOS, AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) USER`S GUIDE; CHAPTER 3 Objective weather elements: ambient, dew point temp, wind, pressure, and precipitation accumulation Ambient and Dew Point Temperature are most important ASOSRTD: measure ambient temp and chilled mirror measure dew point temp

AWS/TR-79/006, THE USE OF SKEW-T LOG P DIAGRAM IN ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING; CHAPTER 4, 5 COMNAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.1M, U.S. NAVY METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SUPPORT MANUAL; CHAPTER 3 (SKEW-T USED POWERPOINT FROM AG1 SEXTON) COMNAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.1M Flight Forecast Folder (CNOC 3140/25)requested by pilots if they are traveling over the ocean or long period of time. NFWBprovides pilots access to all graphical products related to their route of flight via links controlled by forecaster What FFF should contain --flight forecast folder, dash-1, hwd, upper wind charts Can add: OPARS, AIRMET SIGMET,Doppler,Ditch heading, Altimer

COMNAVMETOCCOMINST 3144.1E, U.S. NAVY MANUAL FOR SHIP'S SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS; SECTION III-Chapter 1, 2, 3 (Chpt 1) Ship Synoptic Code Format --Section 0: call sign, date and time of obs, ships position (lat and long) --Section1: Visibility, wind, temp, dew point, atmospheric pressure, weather phenomena, cloud data --Section 2: sea water temp, wind and swell wave, ice data, wet bulb temp, and ship movement and speed --Section 3-5: not used by the Navy (Chptc 3) Section 1 Data

--iRiHhVV(always 4~no precip data; presence of wx phenomena; heigh of base of lowest cloud, lowest vis) --Nddff (00fff)nine octas;dir of wind; knotsover 99 --1snTTTambient air temp --4 group is the sea level pressure --5appppressure change of past 3 hours; pressure tendency --7wwW1W2wx conditions at time of obs; present weather; types of weather (o,6,as,18z past 6hrs; 3,9,15,21z past 3hrs) --8NHCLCMCHclouds at time of obs; amount of low or middle clouds;low,middle,high --9GGggis actual time of ob;hrs,min
COMNAVSURF PACT/LANT INST 3840.1, JOINT SURF MANUAL; CHAPTER 11, 5 (look this over)

--2 group is the dew point temperature

(Chpt. 5) The Surf Zone --Character of surf zone is dependent on height type, angle, and period of the breakers-->other things that can make an impact is multiple wave fields, surf beat, sandbars, beach slope, tide, refraction, and littoral currents --Surf: mixed waves; 2 types ~cause by local wind waves: shore irregular crest and spilling breaker;wave period short (5 to6 sec);continental coasts outside tropics and all confined waters ~cause by swell from a distant wind area: regular crests, plunging breakers and long line of form (period 8-15 sec);western continenetal shores ; typhoon may cause surf caused by swell on coast of china --Effect of Surf Beat on Landing Craft: long wave oscillation of the mean water level within the surf zone; proportional to breaker height --Sandbars: wherever bars are present the wave crest will peak up as the waves roll over the bar. --Beach Slope: importance of beach slope to surf lies in its effect on the width of the surf zone. --Tide: no effect on height of the breakers but effect on width and character of surf zone. This is the case on beaches with bars and steep upper slope.

--Refraction: breakers nearly parallel the beach even when the offshore waves travel at a considerable angle with the coast line; also can occur if waves travel over an irregular bottom. Heavy surf is found wherever a submarine ridge runs out from a coast (sub canyon had opp effect).
FNMOC OPARS-UM-4.2.11, OPTIMUM PATH AIRCRAFT ROUTING SYSTEM (OPARS) WEB USER MANUAL; INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

OPARS: Optimal Path Aircraft Routing System --acts as a preflight planning aid that serves as a supplement to a Dash 1Get to it through FNMOC --Comprised of 3 subsystems: OPARS User Interface, OPARS Data Base, Flight Planner/Environmental Data Base
REVIEW QUESTIONS

Q23. What is the primary purpose of OPARS? selects the vest route and altitude for an aircraft to reach

a destination
Q24. Where is the OPARS data base located?

FNMOC

Q25. What publication provides detailed information on processing OPARS requests and how can it be obtained? The

Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System Users Manual, FLENUMETOCCEN P-3710

METEOROLOGY EDUCATION AND TRAINING, METEOROLOGY EDUCATION AND TRAINING WEBSITE; TOPIC Introduction to Ocean Currents; TOPIC Mesoscale Convective Systems; TOPIC Wave Life Cycle I

(use the website)

METOC 50-1T-0202, ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION

http://advancementstudygroup.com/Z_Pub_PMK%20Data%20Base/Occupational_DataBase_Pubs/MET OC%2050-1T-0202.pdf
METOC 50-1T-0301, BASIC SURFACE CHART ANALYSIS (this is saved to my share drive) METOC 50-1T-0303, INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRO-OPTICS Cant find it!!!! METOC 50-1T-9607, TROPICAL STREAMLINE ANALYSIS Saved to my share drive

METOC-045-813-612-004, AEROGRAPHER'S MATE INTRODUCTION TO HAND ANALYSIS METOC-045-841-609-001, AEROGRAPHER`S MATE THIRD CLASS METOC TRAINING MANUAL; CHAPTER 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 METOC-045-841-610-002, AEROGRAPHER'S MATE SECOND CLASS METOC TRAINING MANUAL VOL 1; CHAPTER 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 METOC-045-841-611-003, AEROGRAPHER'S MATE SECOND CLASS METOC TRAINING MANUAL VOL 2; CHAPTER 3, 4, 5, 7