SHIPT SORTIE CONDITIONS
sortie is ordered to reduce risk of damage to ships and piers during extreme weather
Charlie - Prepare to sortie within 48 hours
Bravo - Expected sortie within 24 hours
Alpha - Commence sortie to sea
METOC on an LHD
1 x Staff METOC Officer (LT / LCDR)
1 x Division Officer (LCDR ship’s company LHD)
1 x SGOT (Strike Group Oceanographic Team Detachment)
- 1 x AGC
- 3 x 7412 Forecasters
- 4 x 0000 Analysts
3 x Marines MEU (Marines Expeditionary Unit) Detachment
POES
Polar-orbit Operational Environmental Satellite
Orbit the Earth 14 times daily and provides atmospheric and global weather coverage.
TAWS
Target Acquisition Weather Software
- How the atmosphere and terrain affect IR and electro-optical (EO) systems.
Equivalent to AREPS
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC)
Operational head of the METOC community
CTG 80.7
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
Rear Adm. Okon (Oceanographer/navigator of the navy)
NITES
Navy Integrated Tactical Environmental System
forecast database with decision aids for specific platforms
HPAC
Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
- Software that predicts the effects of hazmat released into the atmosphere
Fleet Weather Center (FWC)
Provides OTSR’s (Optimum Track Ship Routing) and TDA’s, SGOT, OTSR, WEAX
San Diego, CA / Norfolk, VA
Support Center
TCPED
- TASKING
- COLLECTION
- PROCESSING
- EXPLOITATION AND ANALYSIS
- DISSEMINATION
United States Naval Observatory (USNO)
Master Clock serves as country’s single source for Precise Time and Time Interval (PTT) and (PNT)
Washington D.C.
MEDAL
Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aid Library
- Mine Database that provides best and worst-case scenarios for mining and MCM ops
Naval METOC Professional Development Center (NMOPDC)
Conducts training for METOC’s & AG’s in METOC
Gulfport, Mississippi
Importance of Satellites and METOC
- EO ( Electrical Optical) imagery - aids in tracking weather patterns
- Radar Imagery - doppler readings and analysis
- IR - readings on temperature and salinity
** shows what is going on right now**
Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO)
DoD’s only oceanographic prediction capability
Responsible for everything below water. Surveys world’s oceans
Sends Dets to T-AGS-60 ships (survey ships)
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
TCCOR
Tropical Cyclone Conditions of Readiness
Based on time to onset of destructive winds (sustained 50kts or greater)
COR 5 Hurricane Season
COR4 72 hours
COR 3 48 hours
COR 2 24 hours
COR 1 12 hours
GOES
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
provides continuous measurements of the atmosphere and surface
Naval Oceanography Operations Command (NOOC)
Operational watchfloor for CNMOC
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
SMQ-11
One way satellite weather receiver. Receives data from GOES or GBS.
HWDDC
Hazardous Weather Detection and Display Capability
provides real-time weather onboard US Navy ships. from the SPS-48E radar.
METOC DESIGNATOR / RATE / NEC’s
Designators: 1800, 6800
Rate: Aerographer’s Mate (AG, A410)
NEC’s: 7412 (Forecaster), 0000 (Analyst)
Enroute Weather Forecast (WEAX)
A tailored weather and sea state forecast along a unit’s Points of Intended Movement (PIM), MODLOC, or OCONUS port. Requested via the ship’s MOVREP.
Disseminated via message traffic or E-mail, the WEAX includes a 24-hour forecast and 48-hour winds/seas outlook.
US Fleet Forces Command (USFF)
Echelon II
ADM Davidson, CTF-80, Norfolk
OTSR
Optimum Track Ship Routing
- Advisory = conditions approach ship limits. Hazardous weather advisories
- Divert = recommendation to change course/speed because conditions will exceed ship limits. Divert and sortie recommendations
AREPS
Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System
- Computes atmospheric and terrain effects on radars
- Used for radar, comms, esm kits (SLQ-32)
