The version of the Home Study Course pictured below has been discontinued and will be replaced with a new, improved, online version. Rather than having to wait for the materials to arrive, you will have immediate access to the new course online with digital downloads of the  materials. The course will be interactive, with more lessons, more quizes, videos and interesting links.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.  Currently Unavailable.  New course will be released later this year.

Please check back here for the release date.  

Take observations at airfields, supplementary weather stations or any of the other jobs that require accurate observations and data, or learn as a hobby.

Learn terms, concepts, processes and procedures that Aviation Weather Observers need to understand for accurate professional observing.

If you need weather certification from the National Weather Service, this course will prepare you to take and PASS the certification examination.

After years of teaching weather observing to many hundreds of students, we have identified which concepts "throw" students and how to explain them in a way you will understand and remember. The text and illustrations along with the video on the website clearly communicate the information you need to take complete observations. Each chapter even has a "quick and dirty" section with terms and concepts that are critical to a successful observation.

Also included is a bonus CD with the complete SAWRS training manual to supplement the WeatherWing training manual, the Weather Service Operational Handbook #8, the FMH-1, and other interesting and useful supplements.

***This home-study course has been used by military, airport, scientific, general aviation, teachers, pilots and a variety of others since its inception in the fall of 2009.

• Our own WEATHERWING.com online OBSERVER TRAINING COURSE MANUAL - .
• Personal Email support for your questions and a Student area on the website. 
•  1/2 hour one-on-one telephone coaching to help prepare for the exam or explain difficult concepts. Additional time is available. 
• Learn how to obtain and interpret data for creating complete weather observations. Report winds; prevailing, variable, and sector visibilities; Determine and report weather phenomena such precipitation, obscurations, types of storms and lightning; Cloud heights and types; variable Ceilings and Vertical Visibility;  air pressure by reading an Altimeter; determine and report temperature, dew point readings; wind shifts, frontal passages, squalls, gusts, thunderstorms, hail, freezing precipitation, tornados and much more. 
• Code, read and report “Routine” METAR and “Special” SPECI Aviation Weather reports. 
• Students will learn to record their observations on the official MF1M-10 (standard form for observations) and to encode METAR and SPECI reports for transmission.   Official forms included. 
• MF1M-10 correction guide. 
• Excel format Master MF1M-10 
• Certificate of Completion 

• • BONUS - The official training manual for Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting Stations in a downloadable PDF format 
• • Official NWS tests for each topic and answer sheets for immediate feedback.  
  • Official NWS final review and practice and test-taking tips.  
  • Official NWS 100 question sample certification exam. 
  • BONUS - The official training manual for Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting Stations in PDF format. 
  • BONUS - The Federal Meteorological Handbook FMH-1 which outlines rules for weather reporting. on CD (printable) 
  • BONUS - Weather Service Operational Handbook #8 on CD (printable)BONUS - Links to other informative weather information. 
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