NAVMC 3500.38D governs revised standards, regulations, and policy for training METOC personnel.
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NAVMC 3500.38D establishes Marine aviation training and readiness requirements, including mission skills, combat leadership, and unit capabilities. It addresses meteorological concepts, observations, satellite and radar products, chart analysis, and weather forecasting techniques, with specified performance standards for training events.
Applies to: This Manual is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force .
Describe fundamentals of: 1. Newton's three laws of motion. 2. Buys Ballot's Law. 3. Forces affecting parcel movement. 4. Momentum and winds. 5. Vorticity. 6. Dynamic processes. 7. Principles of global circulation. 8. Three cell model - Northern Hemisphere. 9. Jet streams. (paragraph 4)
Utilizing live or archived base radar products, identify the following features: 1. Base reflectivity: a. Precipitation. b. Thunderstorms. c. Outflow boundaries. 2. Base velocity: a. Convergence and divergence. b. Cyclonic and anti-cyclonic rotation. 3. Base spectrum width products: a. Significant motion. b. Turbulence. (paragraph 7)
Given a scenario, perform the following functions: 1. State general information. 2. Identify service specific information. 3. Identify form entries. 4. State required entries on every METAR observation. 5. Properly encode a METAR observations. (paragraph 3)
Given applicable regulations and an observation scenario, encode three METAR observations. (paragraph 5)
Perform the following functions: 1. Describe Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) code. 2. Complete TAF worksheet. (paragraph 3)