DONE 2A WX - Weather Briefing Service

Question 0

DUPLICATE
2. other sources of weather information?
(AIM 7-1-2)

Answer 0

a. Telephone Information Briefing Service (TIBS) (FSS)
b. Weather and aeronautical information from numerous private industry sources.
c. The Direct User Access Terminal System (DUATS)
d. Inflight weather information from FSS. (typically 122.2)

Question 1

• DUPLICATE*

1. primary means of getting a weather briefing? (AIM 7-1-2)

Answer 1

Contact a briefer at the FSS.
tailored to your specific flight
available 24 hours a day
-call (1-800-WX BRIEF).

Question 2

DUPLICATE
3. Where to find listing of FSS and weather information numbers?
(AIM 7-1-2)

Answer 2

AF/D under “FAA and NWS Telephone Numbers”

Question 3

DUPLICATE
4. types of wx briefings available from an FSS briefer?
(AIM 7-1-4)

Answer 3

Standard Briefing—
Request anytime you have not received a previous briefing or have not received preliminary information through mass-dissemination media; e.g., TIBS, TWEB, etc.
Abbreviated Briefing—
Request when you need information to supplement mass-disseminated data, update a previous briefing, or when you need only one or two items.
Outlook Briefing—
Request when departure is six or more hours away. for planning purposes only.
Inflight Briefing—
Request when needed to update a preflight briefing.

Question 4

DUPLICATE
5. information included in a wx briefing?
(AIM 7-1-4)

Answer 4

a. Adverse Conditions
b. VFR Flight Not Recommended
c. Synopsis
d. Current Conditions
e. Enroute Forecast
f. Destination Forecast
g. Winds Aloft
h. Notices to Airmen
i. ATC Delay
j. Pilots may obtain the following from FSS briefers upon request: information on special use airspace (SUA) and SUA-related airspace, including alert areas, MOAs, MTRs (IFR, VFR, VR, and SR training routes), warning areas, and ATC assigned airspace (ATCAA); a review of the printed NOTAM publication; approximate density altitude data; information on air traffic services and rules; customs/immigration procedures; ADIZ rules; search and rescue; GPS RAIM availability for 1 hour before to 1 hour after ETA or a time specified by the pilot; and other assistance as required.

Question 5

DUPLICATE
6. Enroute Flight Advisory Service (EFAS)
(AIM 7-1-5)

Answer 5

designed provide enroute aircraft with wx advisories pertinent to the type of flight intended, route of flight, and altitude.

Also the central collection and distribution point for PIREPs.

For aircraft flying at 5,000’ AGL-17,500’ MSL on 122.0 . Aka Flight Watch

Question 6

DUPLICATE
7. Hazardous In-flight Weather Advisory Service HIWAS
(AIM 7-1-10)

Answer 6

continuous broadcast of inflight wx advisories including summarized Aviation Weather Warnings, SIGMETs, Convective SIGMETs, Center Weather Advisories, AIRMETs, and urgent PIREPs.

NAVAIDs with HIWAS capability are depicted on sectionals by an “H” in the upper right corner of the identification box.

Question 7

8. Automatic Terminal Information Service ATIS

(AIM 4-1-13)

Answer 7

continuous broadcast of recorded non-control information in selected high activity terminal areas.

relieves frequency congestion by automating the repetitive transmission of essential but routine information.

continuously broadcast over a discrete VHF radio frequency or the voice portion of a local NAVAID

updated upon the receipt of any official hourly and special weather.

Question 8

9. information is provided in an ATIS

(AIM 4-1-13)

Answer 8

Information includes the time of the latest weather sequence, ceiling, visibility, obstructions to visibility, temperature, dew point (if available), wind direction (magnetic), and velocity, altimeter, other pertinent remarks, instrument approach and runway in use.