Solanar Professional Meteorology✦Year II · Meteorologist Track✦80% Mastery at Every Gate✦Dynamics · Synoptic · Radar · Satellite · NWP✦Operational Forecasting✦NAIB Mentor Integrated✦
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Required professional evidence

Forecast Forms

These forms are assigned throughout Year II and become part of the learner's portfolio. Completion is a progression gate; the forms support operational reasoning, source discipline, verification and mentor review.

Operational Forecast Shift Log

Shift start, situational awareness, forecast decisions, updates, partner needs, handoff and verification plan.

Open Form

Synoptic Diagnostic Worksheet

Surface through tropopause analysis, forcing, advection, vertical motion and evolution.

Open Form

Mesoscale Analysis Worksheet

Boundaries, instability, convergence, terrain and short-range evolution.

Open Form

Professional Doppler Radar Analysis

Reflectivity, velocity, storm motion, sampling, signatures and confidence.

Open Form

Dual-Polarization Radar Analysis

ZDR, CC, KDP/differential phase concepts, hydrometeor evidence and limitations.

Open Form

Multispectral Satellite Analysis

Visible, IR, water vapor and other channels with feature motion and uncertainty.

Open Form

Upper-Air & Thermodynamic Analysis

Sounding, wind profile, stability, moisture, shear and parcel diagnosis.

Open Form

Sounding & Hodograph Severe-Weather Analysis

Instability, shear, storm-relative flow and convective-mode assessment.

Open Form

NWP Diagnostic Worksheet

Model fields, dynamics, parameterization, resolution and known limitations.

Open Form

Model & Ensemble Comparison

Guidance clustering, spread, bias, scenarios, confidence and forecast decision.

Open Form

Probabilistic / Ensemble Forecast Brief

Threshold probabilities, clusters, alternatives, confidence and decision triggers.

Open Form

Professional Forecast Briefing

Technical forecast, uncertainty, hazards, impacts and valid times.

Open Form

Severe Weather Decision Log

Environmental evidence, radar evolution, uncertainty and simulated decision rationale.

Open Form

Winter Weather Analysis

Thermal profile, precipitation type, banding, QPF, impacts and bust scenarios.

Open Form

Fire Weather & Boundary-Layer Forecast

Wind, RH, mixing, stability, terrain, timing and confidence.

Open Form

Tropical Cyclone Analysis

Structure, environment, steering, intensity factors, model spread and hazards.

Open Form

Aviation Weather Brief

Ceiling, visibility, convection, icing, turbulence, wind shear and route/terminal impacts.

Open Form

Marine Weather Forecast Worksheet

Wind, waves, fog, fronts, convection and coastal/offshore hazards.

Open Form

Hydrometeorology & Flood Support Worksheet

QPF, rainfall rates, antecedent conditions, hydrologic context and uncertainty.

Open Form

Impact-Based Decision Support Brief

Hazards, timing, confidence, partner impacts, thresholds and update triggers.

Open Form

Forecast Verification Scorecard

Bias, error, hits/misses/false alarms, probabilistic skill and corrective actions.

Open Form

Capstone Operational Shift Packet

Complete evidence package for the final professional forecast-office simulation.

Open Form