352SOWI15-101 — Weather Support

352SOWI15-101 governs weather support, including mission operations, backup support, watches and warnings, and unit support requirements.

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  • Publication number: 352SOWI15-101
  • Title: Weather Support
  • Date: 2018-11-08

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It covers weather forecasting, observing services, specialized support, METWATCH and MISSIONWATCH, severe weather actions, and operational reporting. Compliance is mandatory, and records created through prescribed processes must be maintained and disposed of under cited Air Force records requirements.

Topics covered

  • Weather forecasting services
  • Operating locations and duty hours
  • Backup weather operations
  • Communication outages
  • Catastrophic weather-support failure
  • Weather watches, warnings, and advisories
  • Severe Weather Action Plan

Questions and answers

What is the mission of the 352d SOSS/OSW Weather Flight?

The mission of the 352d SOSS/OSW Weather Flight is to organize, train and equip weather personnel for worldwide employment to provide meteorological and oceanographic information in and for the entire range of 352d SOW theater of operations.

When can another weather unit provide forecasting services?

Forecasting services are subject to the duty priority checklist; therefore, some forecasting service(s) requests may occasionally be provided by other weather units (i.e. 21st Operational Weather Squadron (OWS) or the corresponding geographic OWS).

Who is responsible for weather observations and issuing watches, warnings, and advisories at RAF Mildenhall?

The 100 OSS/OSW is the BOSI weather flight. They are responsible for weather observations and issuance of weather watches/warnings/advisories for the RAF Mildenhall airfield.

How is mission-critical weather information disseminated during communication outages?

If e-mail and internet communications are not available to disseminate weather information, 352 SOSS/OSW will disseminate mission critical information manually telephone or in-person. (paragraph 2)

What happens if 352 SOSS/OSW personnel can no longer provide weather support?

In the event 352 SOSS/OSW personnel are no longer able to provide support to 352 SOW agencies, 21 OWS assumes all 352 SOSS/OSW weather support responsibilities as documented in AFMAN 15-129 Vol 2. (paragraph 2)

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