AWOC Winter Weather Track (AWWT)

• In support of IC 3.2, A list of sites with RWIS data has been created. There is also a list of other DOT data for other states on that page.
• We've posted a PDF handout (2.8 MB) for the AWWT Facilitator Orientation session
• We've added a PDF with a complete list of learning and performance objectives for the AWOC Winter Weather track to make it easy for everyone to view the goals of the course
• We've posted an errata page for the student handouts and course material DVDs that were shipped out the first week of June. NOTE: All materials available on-line have already been corrected with these changes.
• Try the AWOC Winter Weather Track Job Sheet/Exercise Page for more information on all of the optional exercises available.

Description

The AWOC Winter Weather Track (AWWT) is a new course developed by the WDTB that utilized a team of 25 subject matter experts (SMEs) in the field of winter weather forecasting and warning from all over the United States. This course, which is the 3^rd track of the Advanced Warning Operations Course (AWOC), is now available to NWS forecasters and staff in the NOAA E-Learning LMS.

The AWWT is composed of eight Instructional Components (ICs) totaling 25 hours of asynchronous instruction. The ICs address the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities required for forecasters to make accurate and timely winter weather warnings. Topics in the AWWT include products and services, societal impacts, climatology, precipitation forcing mechanisms, forecasting snow amounts, and monitoring. A complete list of all the ICs and lessons in the AWWT are now also available, also.

The AWOC Winter Weather Track is designed to improve the performance of NOAA’s NWS offices in issuing winter weather watches and warnings.

For additional information on the AWWT, please contact WDTB.

List of Collaborators

Below is a list of all the SMEs that assisted WDTB in developing the scope of the course and created most of the lessons in the course:

• Julie Adolphson (NWS Glasgow, MT)
• Peter Banacos (NWS Burlington, VT)
• Dan Bikos (VISIT)
• Dan Cobb (NWS Grand Rapids, MI)
• Carl Dierking (NWS Juneau, AK)
• Mike Evans (NWS Binghamton, NY)
• Randy Graham (NWS Salt Lake City, UT)
• Richard Grumm (NWS State College, PA)
• Ken Harding (NWS Aberdeen, ND)
• Peter Manousos (HPC)
• Pat Market (Univ. of Missouri-Columbia)
• Mike Meyers (NWS Grand Junction, CO)
• Tom Niziol (NWS Buffalo, NY)
• Dan Petersen (HPC)
• Dave Schultz (NSSL)
• Phil Schumacher (NWS Sioux Falls, SD)
• Bruce Smith (NWS Gaylord, MI)
• Eric Stevens (NWS Fairbanks, AK)
• Paul Stokols (OCWWS)
• Doug Wesley (COMET)