FCM-P12-2005
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CHANGE AND REVIEW LOG, FOREWORD, and TABLE OF CONTENTS (170K)
| CHAPTER 1 | INTRODUCTION (94K) | |
| 1.1. General | ||
| 1.2. Scope | ||
| CHAPTER 2 | RESPONSIBILITIES OF COOPERATING FEDERAL AGENCIES (160K) | |
| 2.1. General | ||
| 2.2. DOC Responsibilities | ||
| 2.3. DOD Responsibilities | ||
| 2.4. DOT/DHS Responsibilities | ||
| 2.5. Annual Liaison with Other Nations | ||
| 2.6. Air Traffic Control/Flight Operations Coordination | ||
| CHAPTER 3 | GENERAL OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURRICANE CENTERS (84K) | |
| 3.1. General | ||
| 3.2. Products | ||
| 3.3. Designation of Tropical and Subtropical Cyclones | ||
| 3.4. Transfer of Warning Responsibility | ||
| 3.5. Alternate Warning Responsibilities | ||
| 3.6. Abbreviated Communications Headings | ||
| 3.7. Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT) | ||
| CHAPTER 4 | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (31K) | |
| 4.1. General | ||
| 4.2. Observations | ||
| 4.3. Tropical Cyclone Forecast/Advisories | ||
| CHAPTER 5 | AIRCRAFT RECONNAISSANCE (2.3M) |
| 5.1. General | |
| 5.2. Responsibilities | |
| 5.3. Control of Aircraft | |
| 5.4. Reconnaissance Requirements | |
| 5.5. Reconnaissance Planning and Flight Notification | |
| 5.6. Reconnaissance Effectiveness Criteria | |
| 5.7. Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Encoding, Reporting, and Coordination | |
| 5.8. Operational Flight Patterns | |
| 5.9. Aircraft Reconnaissance Communications |
| CHAPTER 6 | SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CYCLONES (95K) |
| 6.1. Satellites | |
| 6.2. National Weather Service (NWS) Support | |
| 6.3. NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) | |
| 6.4. Air Force Support and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) | |
| 6.5. Satellites and Satellite Data Availability for the Current Hurricane Season | |
| 6.6. Current Intensity and Tropical Classification Number |
| CHAPTER 7 | SURFACE RADAR REPORTING (27K) |
| 7.1. General | |
| 7.2. The WSR-88D | |
| 7.3. Procedures |
| CHAPTER 8 | NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER REPORTING STATIONS (100K) |
| 8.1. General | |
| 8.2. Requests for Drifting Buoy Deployment | |
| 8.3. Communications |
| CHAPTER 9 | MARINE WEATHER BROADCASTS (24K) |
| 9.1. General | |
| 9.2. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) | |
| 9.3. Coastal Marine Safety Broadcasts | |
| 9.4. High Seas Broadcasts | |
| 9.5. Additional Information |
| CHAPTER 10 | PUBLICITY (11K) |
| 10.1. News Media Releases | |
| 10.2. Distribution |
APPENDIX A LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) OFFICE PRODUCTS (77K)
APPENDIX B DEFINING POINTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHS/ WARNINGS (88K)
APPENDIX C JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER (JTWC) BULLETINS (10K)
APPENDIX D FORMAT FOR NHOP/NWSOP FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC NOTAM ISSUANCE (13K)
APPENDIX E SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE (11K)
APPENDIX F OFFICIAL INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS (691K)
APPENDIX G RECCO, HDOB, MINOB, AND TEMP DROP CODES, TABLES AND REGULATIONS (769K)
APPENDIX H WSR-88D OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS (11K)
APPENDIX I TELEPHONE AND TELETYPE LISTING (19K)
APPENDIX J PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION LISTING (11K)
APPENDIX K ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS (25K)
APPENDIX L GLOSSARY (315K)
APPENDIX M DISTRIBUTION (22K)