OL-A, 53WRS/CARCAH (305)-229-4474 23 Oct 08
CARCAH Winter Storm Operating
Procedures
53WRS/CC 53WRS/ARWO 53WRS/LOAD NOAA/AOC
1. The
2008-2009 Winter Storm Season begins 1 November. A CARCAH Duty Officer will be
on duty at the
a. During
normal duty hours and 53WRS scheduled training flights.
b. When
a CARCAH tasked aircraft is flying. This is normally from mission brief to
mission debrief which may be while the aircraft is still airborne.
c. As
required on weekends and holidays to coordinate and disseminate the Winter
Storm Plan of the Day (WSPOD).
2. At other
times, messages for CARCAH personnel may be left on our
commercial voice mail or the office email at
ncep.nhc.carcah@noaa.gov
3. Some points of review:
a. The
WSPOD will be published daily through 31 March. In November it will be appended
as a NOTE to the Tropical Cyclone Plan of the Day.
b. Near
1530Z for the
c. CARCAH
will pass tasking to the 403D Wing Current
Operations and NOAA/AOC.
d. Drop
positions will be listed individually on the WSPOD only if they differ from
those on the published track.
4. This supersedes the CARCAH letter of
22 October 2007, same subject.
(S)
John W. Pavone,
DAF cc: NWS S.Kiser
Chief, Aerial Reconnaisaance NCEP J.Cisco
Coordination, All Hurricanes Senior Duty Meteorologist
Z.Toth
OFCM M.Welshinger
AFRC/DOOM/DOTA
403OG/CC/DOO