AFMAN 15-111 — Surface Weather Observations

What this publication covers

This manual prescribes AF surface weather observing and reporting procedures based on guidance issued by WMO, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), National Weather Service (NWS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Allied Publications. Additionally, the FCM-H1 establishes an agreed upon minimum standard for surface weather observation requirements and procedures for Continental United States (CONUS) Federal meteorological agencies. Based on FCM-H1, this manual incorporates procedures applicable to AF weather operations in both US and overseas locations.

What changed in this edition

This interim change revises AFMAN 15-111 by (1) updating Special (SPECI) criteria for snow, (2) including temperature readings on discontinuity sensors, (3) clarifying rounding of figures and values, (4) Runway Visual Range (RVR) active runway clarification, and (5) deleting “eyes forward” Operational Weather Squadron (OWS) duty. A margin bar (|) indicates newly revised material

Publications state their own changes on page 1 — behind a PDF the official host will not serve to a search engine. This is that section, verbatim. It describes the edition above, not every historical change.

If AFMAN 15-111 changes, who else is affected

2 publications in 2 other communities depend on this one. Each community inspects its own publications; a dependency that crosses communities is owned by nobody, which is why this list normally does not exist anywhere. Built from the publications' own citations, so it reflects what we have read.

Publications that cite AFMAN 15-111

• DAFMAN 13-217 PACAF Sup — Drop Zone, Landing Zone, And Helicopter Landing Zone Operations Current 3 mentions
• DAFI 15-129 — Air And Space Weather Operations Current 1 mention
• DAFMAN 90-161 OSANAB Sup — Publishing Processes And Procedures Current 1 mention

If AFMAN 15-111 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

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• AFMAN 14-405 — Multiple Source, Discipline, and Domain Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (isr) Current
• AFMAN 15-124 — Meteorological Codes Current
• AFMAN 15-129 — Air and Space Weather Operations Not in the current catalog