SA Weather Service

This course is presented within the RTC Pretoria as part of the Post Graduate Certificate: Weather Forecasting

It has 2 components: A Theory component (5 days) and a practical component  (6 months)

The 5 specific outcomes of the Aeronautical Meteorological Forecasters (AMF) course are:

1. Analyse and monitor continuously the weather situation.

2. Forecast aeronautical meteorological phenomena and parameters.

3. Warn of hazardous phenomena.

4. Ensure the quality of meteorological information and services.

5. Communicate meteorological information to internal and external users.

Competency 1:

 Analyze, Diagnose and monitor the Weather Situation (A+D&M)

RADAR for Forecasting

Decode and interpret surface observational weather data

remote sensing for the Forecasting certificate students.

The course content is based on the Information obtained from the new and updated WMO International Cloud Atlas

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

This module deals with the air-masses, development of fronts leading to either cold/warm fronts as well as the weather associated with each type of a frontal weather system.

This course provides educational resources to support aeronautical meteorological personnel in forecasting temperature and humidity

Meteorological training for the 71st Overwintering Expedition team meteorologists.