The WMO review of the BIP-MT course

This is a course where the basic aspects of weather are presented. modules will briefly deal with the most popular questions asked about the weather and weather forecasting.

This is a collection of conceptual models created by operational forecasters within SAWS.

This is a course focusing on the continuous training needs of the SAWS weather forecasters. the course contains material dealing with NWP, Satellite, Forecasting and Radar training.

The course format includes online quizzes, tasks and discussion forums. All forecasters are welcome to partake in the course.

This is the online phase For the upcoming satellite workshop to be hosted in Pretoria in March 2016.

This course focuses on the application and interpretation of severe weather alerts released by the South African Weather Service to Disaster Management structures

An Introductory course on Coastal Meteorology aimed at those that seek to understand the characteristic nature of the coastal environment and its weather.  In order to bring about the optimal and harmonious use of this resource by the vast cross-section of users, there needs to be a sound understanding of it, and the basic meteorological and oceanographic processes that take place within it.

The course will assist the participants in understanding;

• circulation within the coastal ocean,
• coastal atmospheric circulation (including the marine atmospheric boundary layer), as well as 
• ocean-atmosphere interaction processes.

It is hoped that at the end of this course, participants will have attained an enhanced knowledge & understanding of the coastal zone to support strategy and decision-making.  More specifically, participants are expected to gave gained:

• An enhanced knowledge of meteorological processes specific to the coastal zone,
• Improved understanding of the impact of meteorological events on the coastal zone

The Eumetsat Satellite workshop aims to cover basic satellite image interpretation as well as to introduce new techniques in visualizing and manipulating satellite data. This years' course will be more practical and "hands on". the Online phase will run from the 13th October until the 19th November. The workshop itself will be hosted in Pretoria, South Africa, from the 1st to the 5th December 2014.  

The 1-Day Basic Meteorological Understanding course is designed to facilitate an understanding of some basic meteorological concepts for persons without a background in meteorology.  It serves as background for understanding atmospheric processes and as well as the interpretation of weather systems in the Southern Hemisphere, and is regularly presented to new members of staff and key stakeholders.  Primarily, the course seeks to;

• Promote a basic level of meteorological and climatological understanding
• Promote an understanding of the different types of weather instruments and various weather data collection tools, as well as to
• Improve the interpretation of SAWS products

The course included presentations on the following areas of focus;

• The structure and composition of the atmosphere
• The characteristics of surface and upper air circulation
• The classification of different cloud types and precipitation associated with them
• Understand how the meteorological data information is collected, and how it is used in the compilation of a weather forecast, and
• Interpretation of the weather forecast issued by the Weather Service.

Satellite image interpretation and the basics of satellite meteorology

This course will focus on the basics of weather systems and terminology

This is a course for practice as a reviewer for WMO moodle course that is being developed.

This is a short course on small portion (Tropical Cyclones) of Tropical Meteorology

These notes show the similarities and differences in the coding of METARs and SPECIs with those of MET TEPORTS and SPECIAL report formats

This course is designed to empower those doing Aviation Forecasting

The course deals with important theory behind the Aviation Meteorological Forecaster Competencies of WMO.  This theory lays the foundation for learning how to do the practical aviation meteorological forecast competencies

The course will help to understand:-

This page contains notices, information and news that is specific to the forecasting certificate course.

This is in-house training on the FFG

RADAR for Forecasting

Decode and interpret surface observational weather data

Learning resources for the meteorological training of members of the South African National Antarctic Expedition meteorological teams

Meteorological training for the 71st Overwintering Expedition team meteorologists.

This course will focus on the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Satellite and its products. This satellite provides South Africa with the best Geo-Stationary satellite imagery available. The MSG system is established under cooperation between EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency (ESA), to ensure the continuity of meteorological observations from geostationary orbit. Software and data for the course will be obtained directly from Eumetsat. 

The following concepts will be covered in the course:

•	Basics of remote Sensing
•	Introduction to all 12 Channels of the MSG satellite
•	Introduction to Channel difference and Brightness Temperature Differences (BTD)
•	Introduction to channel combinations (RGB)
•	Basic cloud type identification
•	Accessing Data
•	Introduction to data manipulation using appropriate software

This should be read along with chapter three of explain basic meteorological concepts training manual for the National Certificate: Weather Observations. Any other material can also be used should there be a need for more knowledge not covered here and in the training manual. RTC trainers are also accessible for more explanation if necessary.

A refresher training course for Meteorological Technicians on the topic of: atmospheric moisture indicators

WMO/ICAO Aeronautical Meteorological Observer (AMO) Competency Criteria

1. Monitor continuously the weather situation.

2. Observe and record aeronautical meteorological phenomena and parameters.

3. Ensure the quality of the performance of systems and of meteorological information.

4. Communicate meteorological information to internal and external users.

This topic goes through the definition, formation, movement and weather impacts of a coastal low over the coast of South Africa.

This is a survey to establish the regional forecasting training needs in the SADC region

This is a survey to determine stake holder satisfaction of the 2018 forecaster intake into operations 6 months after they were appointed

A needs analysis survey to determine training needs for Public Weather Forecasters

This is a survey for the supervisors of the newly employed forecasters