The 16th ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training 2016 course was held at JMA Headquarters from 15 to 26 August 2016.

The RSMC Tokyo — Typhoon Center has organized ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training courses every year since 2001 with the support of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP) and the Typhoon Committee in order to advance the tropical cyclone forecasting capacity of Committee Members. Forecasters from the Panel on Tropical Cyclones (PTC) have also been invited since 2015 to enhance training collaboration between PTC and the Typhoon Committee. The 2016 attendees were Mr. Thatsana Chanvilay from Lao PDR, Ms. Shelly Jo Igpuara Ignacio from the Philippines, Ms. Ton Thi Thao from Vietnam, Mr. Nasser Said Abdullah Al Ismaili from Oman, Mr. Habib Rehmat from Pakistan, and Mr. Ponna Handi Chaminda De Silva from Sri Lanka.

The training focused on imparting practical knowledge and skills relating to operational tropical cyclone analysis and forecasting via lectures and exercises using the Satellite Analysis and Viewer Program (SATAID). The course covered a range of subjects including Dvorak analysis, interpretation of microwave data, quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE), quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) and storm surge forecasting. All attendees gave presentations to help JMA staff understand the current status of their meteorological and hydrological services. In 2016, two-day lectures on warning coordination were newly introduced into the curriculum to enhance capacity in warning development through coordination with disaster risk reduction (DRR) stakeholders.