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HKO News Bulletin for the Aviation Community

HKO News Bulletin for the Aviation Community

-- aims at providing the latest information and development in aviation weather (English only)

37th Issue (July 2017)
  • [Pilot's Corner]Recent enhancements to the Windshear and Turbulence Warning Services
  • [Pilot's Corner]Intensive Observation Period for building-induced windshear / turbulence
  • [Latest development]Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) MET applications in development
  • [Latest development]Enriched weather summary page on AMIDS
  • [Latest development]The Observatory enhances satellite imagery services
  • [Collaboration]HKO and GFS join forces to introduce dropsonde system
  • [Collaboration]Assistant Director of the Observatory elected as new Vice-Chair of the Meteorology Sub-group of Asia Pacific Region of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • [Collaboration]Visit to Thailand Meteorological Department
  • [Collaboration]Director of the Hong Kong Observatory visited China Meteorological Administration and Civil Aviation Administration of China
  • [Education and Training]Briefing on HKO Aviation Weather Services 2017
  • [Education and Training]Pilots from Cathay Pacific Airways Limited visiting the Observatory
  • [Education and Training]Delegates from Virgin Australia visiting the Airport Meteorological Office
  • [Pilot's Corner]Recent enhancements to the Windshear and Turbulence Warning Services
  • [Pilot's Corner]Intensive Observation Period for building-induced windshear / turbulence
  • [Latest development]Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) MET applications in development
  • [Latest development]Enriched weather summary page on AMIDS
  • [Latest development]The Observatory enhances satellite imagery services
  • [Collaboration]HKO and GFS join forces to introduce dropsonde system
  • [Collaboration]Assistant Director of the Observatory elected as new Vice-Chair of the Meteorology Sub-group of Asia Pacific Region of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • [Collaboration]Visit to Thailand Meteorological Department
  • [Collaboration]Director of the Hong Kong Observatory visited China Meteorological Administration and Civil Aviation Administration of China
  • [Education and Training]Briefing on HKO Aviation Weather Services 2017
  • [Education and Training]Pilots from Cathay Pacific Airways Limited visiting the Observatory
  • [Education and Training]Delegates from Virgin Australia visiting the Airport Meteorological Office

ICAO/WMO Meeting Papers and Presentations Contributed by HKO

Fifteenth Meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Information Exchange (MET/IE) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 20-22 March 2017)

Information Papers:

Seventh Meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Services (MET/S) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 March 2017)

Working Paper:
Information Papers:

Wrap-up meeting of the WMO SIGMET Coordination pilot project (17-29 March 2017, Singapore)

Presentation:

The First Meeting of ICAO Asia/Pacific System Wide Information Management Task Force (Bangkok, Thailand, 10-12 May 2017)

Information Papers:

Sixth Meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Requirements Working Group and Meteorology/Air Traffic Management (MET/ATM) Seminar 2017 (Fukuoka, Japan, 15-19 May 2017)

Information Papers:
Presentation:

WMO Expert Team on Aircraft-Based Observing Systems Third Session

Report:

Twenty-first meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorology Sub-Group of APANPIRG (Bangkok, Thailand, 29 May to 1 June 2017)

Working Paper:
Information Paper:




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