Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

6-The Joint METOC Officer
- Clarify roles in strategic, operational, and tactical level forecasting
> Ensure components focus on tactical level forecasting (e.g., bombs on target,
DZ/LZ forecasts, AR forecasts) and provide significant impacts to the JFC
and/or JMO as required. Determine who issues advisories and weather
warnings (e.g., locally-issued advisories for airfields versus area weather
warnings)
> Detail/refine JTF HQ METOC-produced bulletins/forecasts (e.g., the JOAF), to
include information for components without organic weather support. Consider
use of existing bulletins for designation as the JOAF.
> Determine METOC information required to satisfy requirements for, or data
required from:
◊ Observations and soundings
◊ TAFs and other forecasts
◊ Ocean, space, and atmospheric model output
◊ Radar and METSAT imagery
◊ Climatology and oceanographic data
◊ Hydrologic data
◊ Non-METOC and/or non-traditional sources (seismic, volcanic, etc.)
◊ Coordinate/direct FALOP and ARTYMET reports
◊ Weather Recce missions
◊ Establish indigenous weather reporting networks
◊ SOF special reconnaissance missions
◊ Trafficability forecasts
◊ FALOP
◊ Determine the source of this information (national, regional, and indigenous
centers; JTF assets; Recce flights; TARWI/PIREPs). Determine who or
what group or component will put out the JOAF and other forecasts (Air
Refueling, Landing Zone, Drop Zone, etc.).
- Coordinate use of bulletin boards, broadcasts/intercept (HF, Goldwing, Fleet
Multichannel, Metassi, GBS), homepages, WAN/LAN, AWN, MIST, DMS,
NIPRNET/SIPRNET, etc.)
• Review JTF HQ joint manning documents, update and modify as necessary, ensuring
that METOC personnel required to support the HQ are reflected in the TPFDD.
Consider composition, skills, experience levels, and service mix of JTF HQ METOC
personnel.
• Obtain SIPRNET/NIPRNET access identification numbers and passwords into MFCs,
if necessary.
• Identify METOC communications requirements, coordinate with the J6 (through J-2/3
if appropriate). This includes communications at the JTF HQ (telephones, comm.
circuits, etc.) and for connection to the components. (Note: This complements your
information management plan).
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