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Click here to Order your Radar Equipment Online Weather-Related Accidents/Incidents We will now briefly discuss required actions in the event of weather-related accidents/incidents.PURPOSE. To notify the chain of command of weather-related/high seas accidents/incidents involving ships, aircraft, personnel, facilities, or other resources that may generate press interest, or become the subject of formal inquiries.REPORTING CRITERIA. A UNIT SITREP is required when accidents/incidents are weather-related or potentially so. Reports are not desired when accident/incidents are clearly not weather-related. For amplifying instructions for the proper procedures for submitting accurate and timely OPREP-3S and UNITS SITREPs, refer to CNMOC 3100.2, as well as the instruction, Special lncident Reporting, OPNAVINST 3100.6.The remaining portions of this chapter will deal with training functions associated with all METOC activities.TRAINING FUNCTIONS LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Describe instrument ground school training for naval aviators and naval flight officers. Explain the requirement to update command local area forecaster handbooks. Review the U.S. Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Support System Manual, METOC technical bulletins, METOC OPORDs, and climatology publications for possible data inclusion in pre-deployment briefings.In the following sections we will discuss the training functions for which the METOCs are responsible.INSTRUMENT GROUND SCHOOL All METOCCENs, METOCFACs, and METOCDETs with aviation units are required to annually conduct Instrument Ground School for all naval aviators and naval flight officers. Instruction, at a minimum, should include meteorological parameters, pilot reporting procedures, code formats, briefing forms, OPARS forms and procedures, NATOPS requirements, and severe weather warnings. For further discussion of minimum content of Instrument Ground School, refer to the instruction, NATOPS General Flight and Operating Instructions, OPNAVINST 3710.7, chapter 13.LOCAL AREA FORECASTER HANDBOOKS One of the first publications that all newly reporting forecasters should review upon reporting to a new command is the Local Area Forecasters Handbook. These handbooks are an invaluable source in anticipating local meteorological and oceanographic phenomena.The instruction, Local Area and Area of Responsibility (AOR) Forecasters Handbooks, NAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.2, states the requirements for maintenance of Forecasters Handbooks and basic guidance on their form and content.There is a continuing need to update Forecasters Handbooks. Each command should have a program in place that continually verifies local thumb rules, as well as a program to develop new forecasting techniques. For this reason, all Forecasters Handbooks are to be reviewed and updated at least annually.The Naval Oceanographic Office is now in the process of assembling and publishing a compendium of all Forecasters Handbooks developed by NAVMETOCCOM and USMC activities in compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM). For further discussion of the need and content of the Forecasters Handbooks, refer to NAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.2.The forecaster will find there are a multitude of details involved in the planning and execution of underway evolutions, as well as in the everyday operation of METGCCOM activities. In the following section we will discuss various sources of information, and factors to be considered and acted upon.PUBLICATION REVIEW When preparing for operations or exercises the forecaster should review all available METOC publications to assess the environmental impact on the area of interest.Review of the U.S. Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Support System Manual, NAVMETOCCOMINST 3140.1It is a good practice to review the U.S. Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Support System Manual U.S. Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Support System Manual at the earliest time prior to any operation or exercise, if for no other reason, to jog your memory for potential sources of support.This information is now available on CD in Adobe PDF Printable Format |
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