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The WMO Regional Association II (Asia) Aeronautical Meteorology Webinar 2025 was organized by the RA II Expert Team on Services for Aviation (ET-AVI) under the RA II Working Group on Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (WG Services). This webinar responded to training needs identified in the QMS survey and EC-78 Resolution 7, focusing on aviation hazardous weather including volcanic ash, sand dust, significant convection, and low visibility. Aeronautical Meteorology Webinar 2025 | World Meteorological Organization

During 3 to 6 December 2024, the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) cooperated with the International Civil Aviation Organization Asia and Pacific Office (ICAO APAC) and organised an international workshop on "Aviation Meteorological Science and Service Development" under the Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Distinguished speakers from international organisations and meteorological services worldwide shared their expertise. The four-day workshop covered extensive topics including the latest international developments in aviation weather services, artificial intelligence applications, System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) and space weather.

The WMO Regional Association II (Asia) (RA II) Aeronautical Meteorology Webinar 2024 is organised by the RA II Expert Team on Services for Aviation (ET-AVI) under the RA II Working Group on Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications (RA II WG-Services). The ET-AVI is tasked to:     (i) support the RA II WG Services in the identification of meteorological capabilities to fulfil the needs of aviation users,     (ii) facilitate the sharing of experience and good practices uptake and exchange of scientific and technological advancement,     (iii) promote effective governance of aeronautical meteorological service provision, and     (iv) develop training material and other educational/ learning outreach to assist Members in the implementation of quality management systems and compliance with the competency and qualification requirements of aeronautical meteorological personnel.

The primary goal of this workshop is to improve SIGMET availability and accuracy by reviewing current practices, learning new techniques, as well as strengthening the collaboration and coordination between National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs). In addition to SIGMETs, TAF consistency, aviation hazards, and topics in QMS and Competencies relevant to the operational forecaster will be reviewed.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Services Commission (SERCOM), in collaboration with the Research Board (RB) Aviation Research and Development Project 2 (AvRDP2), convened web-based seminars on December 5, 6 and 7 2023, to showcase some of the latest state-of-the-art scientific and technological advances taking place in aeronautical meteorology in all WMO Regional Associations. The theme of the webinars was: “Scientific and technological innovation in observation and forecast of turbulence and airframe icing to enable service delivery transformation and improve aviation safety”.

The "Online Workshop on Forecasting Aviation Hazardous Weather" hosted by the Hong Kong Observatory last week.

The theme of the June 2022 AeroMetSci Webinar was: Scientific and technological innovation in observation and forecast of severe convection to enable service delivery transformation and improve aviation safety.

Turbulence is increasing and the current products to track and avoid it have significant limitations, due to imprecise location, subjectivity and time lag. To ensure passengers and cabin attendants are secured, commercial and business aviation pilots keep seatbelt signs on and will often change altitude looking for smooth air. This causes travellers to feel constrained and lose confidence in safety instructions, and can also lead to fuel inefficiencies. Pilots and dispatchers need accurate information pinpointing the location and intensity of turbulence, to best advise passengers and crew and optimize fuel burn.In April 2022, IATA ran a series of webinars to educate users regarding their Turbulence Aware platform 

The aim of this training course is to provide participants with training, guidance and practical examples of several key aspects of meteorology and forecasting for aviation. The sessions will focus on the topics of aviation hazards, including forecasting ceiling and visibility for Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF), forecasting icing for SIGMET, and understanding how to respond to a Volcanic Ash Advisory. 

The aim of this training course is to provide participants with training, guidance and practical examples of several key aspects of meteorology and forecasting for aviation. The sessions will focus on the topics of aviation hazards and SIGMET, aeronautical meteorological personnel competency and qualification, and service delivery transformation. 

A collection of presentations and resources from the Asia/PAC SIGMET SeminarBangkok, Thailand 11-13 July 2007

The main focus of the workshop is to discuss about various aspects and issues related with Aviation weather forecasting and competency requirement for AMF. Competency assessment tools, assessment process and how competency is ascertained etc. are discussed in detail in the workshop. The issues related with the application of Forecast and warnings for international air navigation and production of TAF are also discussed.  Aviation weather hazards, forecasting and warning are emphasized in the workshop, besides Quality Management System and competency assessment in the field. Participants from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Maldives, Mongolia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Iran, Madagaskar,Laos PDR, Qatar, Brunei. 

The Workshop is organized by the RA IV Task Force on SIGMET and Competency of Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel, with support from the WMO Office in Costa Rica and the Aeronautical Meteorology Division (AEM/WDS). The objective of the Workshop is to assist RA IV Members to improve their SIGMET practices and resolve related deficiencies, and to progress the competency assessment of the aeronautical meteorological forecasters.

WMO RAIII/RAIV Aviation TECOCuracao10-12 April 2013

SIGMET Guidance MaterialBeijing China11-15 April 2011