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| What are the primary responsibilities of the Aviation Command? |
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| Provide aviation weather support to DOD/DON assets. |
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| Who is the Commanding Officer for FWC Norfolk? |
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| Who is the Commanding Officer for FWC San Diego? |
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| Which Fleet Weather Center is responsible for Navy Regions Northwest and Southwest? |
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| Fleet Weather Center San Diego |
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| Which Fleet Weather Center is responsible for Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, and Naval District Washington? |
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| Fleet Weather Center Norfolk |
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| Who serves as the single point of contact for all warnings and sdvisories issued by themselves and the National Weather Service to the Fleet Concentration Areas? |
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| The Resource Protection Officer/Aviation Duty Officer |
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| What are the six stations FWC San Diego is in charge of? |
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| Whidbey Island, WA; Lemoore, CA; Fallon, NV; Point Magu, CA; El Centro, CA; North Island, CA |
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| Who is in charge of all of aviation on the watchfloor? |
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| The Aviation Duty Officer |
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| What are four things the ADO is in charge of? |
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| Weather, Flight Weather Briefer, Equipment, Trouble Calls |
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| What is the interaction of aviation and the Watchfloor of the Future? |
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| Maintain an overall view of significant weather events for FWC-SD AOR. Maintain situational awareness to ensure mission safety. |
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| Name a few stations that FWC Norfolk is responsible for. |
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| Patuxent River, MD; Oceana, VA; Chambers Field, VA; Mayport, FL; Jacksonville, FL; Key West, FL |
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| What is Aviations role within the METOC Community? |
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Definition
| Analyze current enviornmental data and use models to forecast atmospheric and oceanographic phenomena impacting aviation. |
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| How does Aviation align with CNMOC 2025 vision? |
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Definition
-Collect: Collecting environmental data of a period of time
-Analyze: Transforming the collection data into information. Current state of the environment
-Exploit: Integrating all information into operational activities
-Predict: Describe and anticipate the future state of the environment through models. |
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| Can you name some forecasting models/tools that are used to produce forecasts for your customers? |
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-TAWS
-AREPS
-METCAST
-Satellite Products |
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| COAMPS and GFS are examples of what? |
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| They are performance models you use to predict the environment affecting the fleet and joint forces. |
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| What is the main production center that supports the Fleet Weather Center? |
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| Which web based utility does FWC use to generate all DD175-1's? |
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| What form provides flight path information used in the forecasting process? |
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| What does OPARS stand for? |
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| Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System |
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| What is a 24 hour forecast providing sky condition, winds, visibility, altimeter, precipitation, fog, max/min temperature, and any other weather phenomena that might impact flight operations? |
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| Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) |
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| What form provides aviators with a detailed overview of forecasted weather conditions along a flight path? |
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