Aeronautical Forecaster Competencies (AMF) for Convective Systems:
- Analyze and monitor continuously the weather situation.
- Forecast thunderstorms, including spatial extent, onset/cessation, duration, and intensity and its temporal variations, in particularly organized systems, including associated turbulence, in-flight icing, hail, heavy precipitation with poor visibility, electrical phenomena, down-burst/microburst or gust front, tornadic activity.
- Ensure that warnings are prepared and issued in accordance with thresholds for hazardous weather, and with ICAO Annex 3, WMO-No.49, regional and national formats, codes and technical regulations on content, accuracy and timeliness.
- Ensure that warnings of hazardous weather phenomena are consistent (spatially and temporally) across boundaries of the area of responsibility as far as practicable, whilst maintaining meteorological integrity. This will include monitoring forecasts/warnings issued for other regions, and liaison with adjacent regions as required.
- Ensure that all forecasts/warnings are disseminated through the authorized communication means and channels to designated user groups.
- Explain aeronautical meteorological data and information, deliver weather briefings and provide consultation to meet specific user needs.
For more information, visit the WMO webpage at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/amp/aemp/index_en.html. The Competence Assessment Toolkit, compiled by the WMO Expert Team on Education, Training and Competences (ET-ETC), is available at http://www.caem.wmo.int/moodle/.