text: Appendix A
  WEATHER FORECAST [WXFCST]
  REPORT NUMBER: W025 {USMTF # C251}
  GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Use to provide the command with forecasted weather expected in the area of
  operation. Reference: ATP 2-01.3.
  LINE 1 – DATE AND TIME _____________________________________________(DTG)
  LINE 2 – UNIT __________________________________________________________(unit making report)
  LINE 3 – LOCATION _____________________________________________________________(center of forecasted weather
  expressed using UTM or six-digit
  grid coordinate with MGRS grid
  zone designator)
  LINE 4 – VARIATION ____________________________________________________________(weather variation with respect to
  time: INTERMITTENT,
  GRADUAL, or TEMPORARY)
  LINE 5 – VALID __________________________________________________(DTG forecast if effective)
  LINE 6 – UNTIL ______________________________________________(DTG forecast is no longer in effect)
  LINE 7 – CEILING ____________________________________________(lowest forecast ceiling in hundreds
  of feet above ground level)
  LINE 8 – COVER______________________________________________(total sky coverage in eighths)
  LINE 9 – VISBY ______________________________________________(prevailing visibility in meters)
  LINE 10 – WEATHER __________________________________________(type of weather phenomena
  forecast)
  LINE 11 – MAX _______________________________________________(maximum temperature forecasted
  in degrees Celsius)
  LINE 12 – MIN _______________________________________________(minimum temperature forecasted
  in degrees Celsius)
  LINE 13 – FREEZE LEVEL _____________________________________(minimum freezing level in
  thousands of feet)
  LINE 14 – WIND ______________________________________________(direction and variable wind
  direction in degrees)
  LINE 15 – SPEED _____________________________________________(maximum sustained wind speed in
  knots)
  LINE 16 – GUSTS _____________________________________________(peak gusts in knots)
  LINE 17 – ALTIMETER ________________________________________(altimeter setting in hundredths of
  inches of mercury)
  LINE 18 – WIND@2,000 FT _____________________________________(wind direction and speed at 2,000
  feet)
  LINE 19 – WIND@5,000 FT _____________________________________(wind direction and speed at 5,000
  feet)
  LINE 20 – WIND@10,000 FT ____________________________________(wind direction and speed at 10,000
  feet)
  LINE 21 – WIND@15,000 FT ____________________________________(wind direction and speed at 15,000
  feet)
  LINE 22 – WIND@20,000 FT ____________________________________(wind direction and speed at 20,000
  feet)
  LINE 23 – NARRATIVE ________________________________________(free text for additional information
  required for report clarification)
  LINE 24 – AUTHENTICATION __________________________________(report authentication)
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