AUXWEA - Auxiliary
Weather
From the Auxilary website:
AUXWEA, the Auxiliary Weather Specialty course, is designed
to present the Auxiliarist with a thorough knowledge of
weather, its importance in the marine environment and to
the conduct of safe and effective operations. An AUXWEA
Specialist is able to make accurate and valuable short range
(several hours) weather forecasts to enable crew mates to
avoid dangerous weather conditions while performing their
patrol activities. Long range (two or more days) forecasts
are also developed to assist in planning operational activities.
The Auxiliary Weather Specialist develops a keen sense of
weather processes, including those which have an element
of danger: the thunderstorm, the squall line, fog, tornadoes
and other severe phenomena. A comprehensive knowledge of
weather processes and effects is essential to the competent
mariner, whether on the high seas, the coastal areas, lakes
and rivers or local reservoirs.
You can achieve success as an AUXWEA Specialist by passing
a closed book, proctored examination with a score of 75%
or better.
For training materials, please visit www.cgaux.org/auxop.html
(requires AuxDirectory username/password).
Link to website: http://www.cgaux.org/training/
-- you must log in to get the course.
There are 4 chapters to this qualification,
which covers basic meteorology.