Weather Observing & Meteorological Observation Encoding
What you'll learn
- Ability to decode and understand airport weather observations
- Ability to encode airport weather observations
- Ability to take accurate weather observations
- Learn general meteorological knowledge
- Ability to observe, estimate, and encode/decode wind speeds and direction
- Ability to observe, estimate, and encode/decode cloud layers, surface visibility, and present weather
- Ability to observe, estimate, and encode/decode temperatures, dew points, and pressures
- Ability to observe, estimate, and encode/decode all types of weather and other meteorological phenomena
- Ability to understand airport weather observations
- Knowledge of information necessary to take and pass NWS/FAA weather observing examination
Requirements
- Internet Access
- Weather Sensor (Helpful)
- Sufficient Visual Acuity
- Microsoft Office (Helpful)
Description
We are excited to introduce an in-depth, 8-hour+ course on Aviation Weather Observing taught by an experienced aviation meteorologist and Certified Consulting Meteorologist.
We didn't cut corners in the development of this course- you'll learn here! This course is specifically aimed at those who want a deeper understanding of how weather fits into the aviation industry and exactly how to observe the current weather conditions and encode them into meteorological aviation reports (METARs).
Following successful completion of this class, each student may move forward with pursing a career with the FAA (or contractor) observing weather at commercial airports - with average [USA] pay ranging from $12/hr to over $40/hr. Of course, you'll have to meet their requirements and pass their test - we have no control over that, and have no affiliation with them. However, we recently learned that one of our US students successfully landed a job in weather observing after taking our course.
This course has been taken by students on every continent and has a well-established high rating. It is simply one of the best courses that you can take to further your skillset in meteorology, and is applicable around the globe (although every nation has its own set of encoding rules). Or, you can simply just take to course to better understand the weather in your backyard. We look forward to having you!
Who this course is for:
- Meteorologists
- Pilots
- Aviators
- Weather Enthusiasts
- Storm Chasers
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Airfield Managers
- Airline Dispatchers
- Weather Forecasters
- Weather Observers
- Meteorology Students
- Science Teachers
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 300 Reviews
- 1,187 Students
- 2 Courses
Dan Schreiber is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist with experience in aviation meteorology, resource protection, emergency management, wildfire weather behavior, forensic meteorology, among many other activities influenced by weather. He holds a B.S. in Meteorology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, and an M.A. in Leadership & Management from Liberty University. He is recognized by the National Weather Service as an ambassador for community severe weather preparedness and is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the Association of Certified Meteorologists.