Day Before Flashcards
Briefing order
Adverse conditions
Synopsis
Current conditions
Enroute forecast
Destination forecast
Winds and temps aloft
Notams
Pireps, VFR recommendations, other info
Adverse conditions
Sigmet - severe icing, severe turbulence, dust storms, volcanic ash
Airmet -
T- turbulence
S - ifr or mountain obscuration
Z - icing
Convective sigmet - thunderstorm related weather
Synopsis
Fronts
Cold - thunder storms, creates all 3 ingredients
Warm - light to moderate precipitation and poor visibility
Occluded - embedded thunderstorms
Stationary - mixture of both
Pressure systems
Low - inward, upward, and counter clockwise
High - outward, downward, clockwise
Types of notams
FDC - approach amendments, tfrs
NAVAID - VOR , GPS
DISTANT - Airport
Inop flow 91.213
MEL - we don’t have one because it states if non turbine powered we don’t need one. 91.213(d)(1)(ii)
TCDS/STC
KOEL/CEL
91.205 (b, c, d)
ADs, ICAs, 337s
PIC decision
Radiation fog
As the surface cools, the adjacent air is cooled to dew point.
Advection fog
When a low layer of warm moist air moves over a cooler surface.
Requires some wind.
Upslope fog
When moist stable air is forced up a sloping landmass to a level where the air becomes saturated and condenses.
Steam fog
When cold air moves over warm water
Ice fog
Water vapor directly sublimates to ice crystals
