PCU 3: Provide Aviation Weather Information and Services

Description: Forecasters produce timely, accurate, and consistent (spatially and temporally) forecasts. These forecasts must maintain meteorological integrity across boundaries of the area of responsibility. Forecasts of meteorological parameters and phenomena are prepared using production tools (i.e., AvnFPS, IC4D, WARP, N-AWIPS, etc.) and issued in accordance with documented requirements (such as various NWS Directives and ICAO ANNEX 3), priorities and deadlines.

Length : 3.5 hours

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Course Title: Introduction to Categorical Amendment Criteria Description: This Articulate presentation provides training on the TAF Categorical Amendment Criteria (CAC). The module discusses the impacts of CAC on aviation operations. THIS TRAINING IS FOR ALL AVIATION FORECASTERS. Length: 0.5 hours URL/location: https://doc.csod.com Course Title: Introduction to TAF Verification Description: This lesson covers how to retrieve, interpret and apply your TAF verification data which is available on the NWS Performance Management website. Length: 45 Mins URL/location: https://doc.csod.com Course Title: DAS Module 1 - What is DAS? Description: This module is part of a three part curriculum on Digital Aviation Services or DAS. The goal of this course is to simply raise awareness on DAS features and benefits. Consequently, this portion of the curriculum is open to all or any NWS employee who wishes to take it. The remaining portions of this curriculum will address more specific details on how to use DAS in a Weather Forecast Office (WFO) setting. Length: 15 Mins URL/location: https://doc.csod.com Course Title: DAS Module 2 - Digitial Aviation Services GFE Grids Description: This module is the second part of a three part curriculum on Digital Aviation Services or DAS. This portion of the curriculum is designed for WFO meteorologists who write TAFs. The goal of this module is to prepare you to use DAS to populate, edit, & finalize aviation grids in GFE. Length: 1 Hour URL/location: https://doc.csod.com Course Title: DAS Module 3 - The DAS TAF Formatter Description: This module is the third part of a three part curriculum on Digital Aviation Services or DAS. This portion of the curriculum is designed for WFO meteorologists who write TAFs. The goal of this module is to prepare you to use the DAS TAF Formatter to generate, edit, and send TAFs with DAS. Length: 20 Mins URL/location: https://doc.csod.com