MEA
498/598: National Weather Service Student Internship
Spring/Summer
2013
This
is an internship experience at the Raleigh National Weather Service (NWS)
Office for meteorology majors interested in a career in operational weather
forecasting. Activities include job
shadowing, weather analysis, development of area forecast discussions, weather
and storm summaries, seasonal familiarization sessions, site visits, and
participation in routine shift operations of the NWS.
Web
site - http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/nws/www/internship/
Course
Description | Orientation
Presentation
Shift
Options | Outreach
Opportunities | How
to Access Required and Optional NWS Training Materials
References
AWIPS
Familiarization Reference and Worksheet
NOAA
Technical Memo Operational Mesoanalysis
HPC
Unified Surface Analysis Manual
Forecast
Process - A General Approach to Weather Forecasting
Another
Forecast Process View
- Weather Forecasting Techniques and Tools
Area
Forecast Discussion Reference
Updated 2/19/2013
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Date |
Worksheet |
Activities &
Reminders |
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Orientation |
Jan 16 |
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Orientation,
group photo, administrative activities Receive training
materials |
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Training |
Jan 20 – Jan 26
or May 19 – May 25 |
Training with
AWIPS (AWIPS
Familiarization Reference and Worksheet) Complete the NOAA
Safety Training in the LMS and the “NOAA IT Security
Awareness Course” by Jan 26/May 25 |
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Week 1 |
Jan 27 – Feb 2
or May 26 – Jun 1 |
Level I - focus on local observations and observing systems Complete the “Welcome to the National Weather Service” LMS training by Feb 2/Jun 1 View the “NEXRAD Eye to the
Sky” video by Feb 2/Jun 1 |
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Week 2 |
Feb 3 – Feb 9 or Jun 2 – Jun 8 |
Level I - focus on upper air and satellite observations Turn in Journal
1 by Feb 10/Jun 9 |
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Week 3 |
Feb 10 – Feb 16
or Jun 9 – Jun 15 |
Level I - focus on hand analysis - NOAA
Technical Memo Operational Mesoanalysis HPC
Unified Surface Analysis Manual Turn in a copy
of your hand analysis by Feb
17/Jun16 |
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Week 4 |
Feb 17 – Feb 23
or Jun 16 – Jun 22 |
Level I – pick your favorite shift! Activity – Weather Event Simulator - Synoptic Scale Overview - 330PM Fri 2/22
Complete 1) “Fundamental Relationships Between Shear and
Buoyancy on Convective Storm Structure and Type” and 2) “Multicell
Archetypes” LMS training before the activity
and take the quizzes |
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Week 5 |
Feb 24 – Mar 2
or Jun 23 – Jun 29 |
Activity – Weather Event Simulator – Storm Scale and Warning Operations dates and times set by student – No shifts this week! Complete 1) “Base
Reflectivity”, 2) “Base
Velocity” and 3) “Storm-Relative
Velocity” training before the
activity Turn in Journal
2 by Mar 3/Jun 30 |
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Week 6 |
Mar 10 – Mar 16
or Jun 30 – Jul 6 |
Level II - Focus on forecast process and introduction into GFE Forecast
Process - A General Approach to Weather Forecasting |
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Week 7/8/9/10 |
3rd
week of Mar – 2nd week of Apr or
2nd thru 5th week of Jul |
Level II round robin - Short term
forecast shift Activity – Trip to
KRAX radar date TBD Turn in Journal
3 by Mar 24/Jul 14 |
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Week 7/8/9/10 |
3rd
week of Mar – 2nd week of Apr
or 2nd thru 5th
week of Jul |
Level II round robin - Aviation
forecast shift Complete the “NWS Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF)” LMS training before the shift and take
the quiz Activity – Trip to
KIGX ASOS date TBD |
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Week 7/8/9/10 |
3rd
week of Mar – 2nd week of Apr
o or 2nd thru 5th
week of Jul |
Level II round robin - Fire weather
forecast shift Complete “The Structure of the NWS Fire Weather Program” LMS training before the shift (skip
the exercise questions but complete the quiz) Turn in Journal
4 by Apr 7/Jul 28 Activity – Alternate
field trip date TBD |
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Week 7/8/9/10 |
3rd
week of Mar – 2nd week of Apr
or 2nd thru 5th
week of Jul |
Level II round robin - Extended
range forecast shift Activity – NWS job
application primer date TBD |
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Week 11 |
Apr 14 – 20 or Aug 4 – 10 |
Level II - Independent forecast discussions Area
Forecast Discussion Reference Turn in hard
copy of AFD by Apr 21/Aug 11 |
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Week 12 |
Apr 21 – Apr 27
or Aug 11 – 17 |
Level II - Independent forecast discussions Area
Forecast Discussion Reference Turn in Journal
5 and a hard copy of AFD by Apr 28/Aug 18 |
