HKO News Bulletin for the Aviation Community

Fourteenth Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Meteorological Information Exchange (MET/IE) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 7 - 9 March 2016)

• IP/04 - A Summary on the Latest Development of IWXXM, by Hong Kong China
• IP/05 - Test Plan for Exchanging Meteorological Information through AMHS in Hong Kong, China

Sixth Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Meteorological Services (MET/S) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 9 - 11 March 2016)

• WP/C5 - SIGMET Pamphlets, by MET/S WG adhoc group comprising Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong China
• WPC7 - The Asia/Pacific Regional Guidance on the Issuance of SIGMET for Radioactive Cloud, by MET/S WG adhoc group comprising China (Rapporteur), Hong Kong China and Japan

• IP01 - Survey on Operational Use of Services and Products from Service Providers of World Area Forecast System (WAFS) in Asia/Pacific Region and WAFS Training Needs of Asia/Pacific States, by P.W. Chan as Chairman of MET/S WG

Fifth Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Meteorological Requirements (MET/R) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 19 - 21 April 2016)

• IP09 - Provision of Flight-specific SIGMETS based on Filed ICAO Flight Plans

Kick-off meeting on the pilot project on SIGMET Coordination in Southeast Asia (25-26 May 2016, Singapore)

• ICAO Developments - Hazardous Weather Information, by Sharon Lau

Twentieth Meeting of the Meteorology Sub-group (MET SG/20) of Asia/Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Work Group (APANPIRG) (Bangkok, Thailand, 6 - 9 June 2016)

• WP29 - Capacity Building and Awareness Raising Activities on IWXXM Implementation for Different Stakeholders in APAC, by Hong Kong China

• IP/16 - Tools Available for SIGMET Coordination, by Hong Kong China

Joint Session of the Sixth Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Air Traffic Flow Management Steering Group (ATFM/SG/6) and MET SG/20 (Bangkok, Thailand, 07 June 2016)

• IP04 - Provision of New MET Information for ATM, by Hong Kong China

• SP/01 - MET Information for ATM via the Aviation Research Demonstration Project, by Hong Kong China