"Forecasting Mountain Wave Turbulence for Aviation" ... forForecasters - useful for pilots who want more technical explanations

[WaltWX[_2_]]

MetEd COMET is a training program for forecasters world wide providing professionally produced training on a variety of topics. It requires some background in atmospheric science, but is nonetheless useful for pilots who want a deep dive into a weather topic.

Take a look at their web site:

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/

Search for "Forcasting Mountain Wave Turbulence for Aviation" Published 12/21/2016

You'll have to register online, but there are no other restrictions or pay walls involved.

I've just browsed the printable version of the training and have not carefully review it. You can view it online, or download a zipped file for instruction offline.

Walt Rogers WX

[ND]

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 6:40:08 PM UTC-5, WaltWX wrote:
> MetEd COMET is a training program for forecasters world wide providing professionally produced training on a variety of topics. It requires some background in atmospheric science, but is nonetheless useful for pilots who want a deep dive into a weather topic.
>
> Take a look at their web site:
>
> https://www.meted.ucar.edu/
>
> Search for "Forcasting Mountain Wave Turbulence for Aviation" Published 12/21/2016
>
> You'll have to register online, but there are no other restrictions or pay walls involved.
>
> I've just browsed the printable version of the training and have not carefully review it. You can view it online, or download a zipped file for instruction offline.
>
> Walt Rogers WX

thanks walt!

[Jonathan St. Cloud]

Thanks much Walt. Forgive such a question, but the Dr. jack and xcskies, seem to forecast thermal activity, are there any sites to get wave forecast?

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 3:40:08 PM UTC-8, WaltWX wrote:
> MetEd COMET is a training program for forecasters world wide providing professionally produced training on a variety of topics. It requires some background in atmospheric science, but is nonetheless useful for pilots who want a deep dive into a weather topic.
>
> Take a look at their web site:
>
> https://www.meted.ucar.edu/
>
> Search for "Forcasting Mountain Wave Turbulence for Aviation" Published 12/21/2016
>
> You'll have to register online, but there are no other restrictions or pay walls involved.
>
> I've just browsed the printable version of the training and have not carefully review it. You can view it online, or download a zipped file for instruction offline.
>
> Walt Rogers WX

[Andrew[_14_]]

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 2:00:47 PM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> Thanks much Walt. Forgive such a question, but the Dr. jack and xcskies, seem to forecast thermal activity, are there any sites to get wave forecast?
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 3:40:08 PM UTC-8, WaltWX wrote:
> > MetEd COMET is a training program for forecasters world wide providing professionally produced training on a variety of topics. It requires some background in atmospheric science, but is nonetheless useful for pilots who want a deep dive into a weather topic.
> >
> > Take a look at their web site:
> >
> > https://www.meted.ucar.edu/
> >
> > Search for "Forcasting Mountain Wave Turbulence for Aviation" Published 12/21/2016
> >
> > You'll have to register online, but there are no other restrictions or pay walls involved.
> >
> > I've just browsed the printable version of the training and have not carefully review it. You can view it online, or download a zipped file for instruction offline.
> >
> > Walt Rogers WX

Dr. Jack's RASP forecast will predict wave. A list of sites that run RASP can be found here. Unfortunately, not all sites run the wave prediction due to resolution limitations or by choice.
http://drjack.info/rasp/