METEOROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN

You will serve as the Ship Routing Officer (SRO). You will evaluate recommended routes daily to determine if they continue to be optimum. You will monitor weather patterns and issues marine weather forecasts for ships in port and at sea. You will analyze oceanographic data for verification of forecasts and High Wind and/or Sea Warnings. You will use various meteorological surface/upper air analyses and prognostic models to produce and/or quality control long-range prognostic surface charts for use as forecasting aids for the watch. You will conduct analyses and explore means to improve optimum track ship routing methods through post-route evaluation and study. You will evaluate and improve current techniques used to determine vessel routes. You will provide briefings and advice on all aspects of the sciences of meteorology and oceanography that may impact major fleet exercises and operations. You will select the optimum route for an ocean voyage by choosing the least-time route that av