Reporting Conditions to Pilots

Question 1

If there are any icing reports, who do you pass the information onto?

Answer 1

• Concerned aircraft
• Position designated responsibility for disseminating weather information
• Other concerned sectors or units
• Appropriate FIC

Question 1

When filing a turbulence report, what should it contain?

Answer 1

• Time in UTC
• Location(s) of turbulence
• Duration of turbulence
• Whether or not turbulence is in clouds
• Altitude
• Type of aircraft
• Intensity (occasional, intermittent, and continuous)

Question 2

What should wind shear warnings contain?

Answer 2

• Direction and speed of wind on both sides of front
• Altitude at which aircraft will penetrate frontal surface
• Pilot reports of turbulence during climb-out approach