Forecast Duty Officer
The Forecast Duty Officer's (FDO) Duties:
Weather Conditions
Responsibilities
Activities
Severe Weather
Acts as Hurricane Duty Officer nights and weekends.
Sends Alerts to Tower
(eg: fuel shutdown)
Updates hurricane map after NWS tropical weather discussion
Non-severe Weather
Assists FDO in daytime
Creates TAFs
Creates 6 hr forecasts
Presents verbal briefings to pilots
Prepares DD175-1s
Concept Mapping Toolkit
Insitute for Human and Machine Cognition
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