Contents

• 1 Weather Operations
  • 1.1 Logging Weather Forecasts
  • 1.2 Logging Actual Weather Conditions
  • 1.3 References

Logging Weather Forecasts

PoPProbability of Precipitation: If the forecaster is only 50%percent sure that precipitation will occur, and expects that, if it does occur, it will produce measurable rain over about 80 percent of the area, the PoP (chance of rain) is 40%. (PoP = .5 x .8 which equals .4 or 40%.)^[1]

Simple Log for Weather Forecasts

Wx Forecast Date/Time:	Day/Date	Day/Date	Day/Date	Day/Date	Day/Date	Day/Date	Day/Date	Day/Date
Temp °Cdegree Celsius, SI unit of temperature Hi/Lo
Forecast Conditions
Probability Precipitation %
Current Front Location
Wind kmKilometre, 1000 metres/hHour Direction

Logging Actual Weather Conditions

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Simple Log for Current Weather Conditions

Date	Time	Temp	Relative Humidity	Dew Point	Barometric Pressure	Wind		Cloud		Precipitation
						Direction	Speed	Type	Cover	Type	Amount

References

1. ↑ www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=pop