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1
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Visual Flight Rules

VFR

A

Ceiling greater than 3,000 feet and

Visibilities greater than 5SM

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Instrument Flight Rules

IFR

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Ceiling of 500 to less than 1,000 feet and

Visibilities of 1 to 3SM

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Marginal VFR

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Ceiling between 1,000 to 3,000 feet and

Visibilities anywhere from 3 to 5SM

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1800-WX Briefer

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Identify yourself as a pilot
VFR or IFR
Aircraft ident and type
Your name
Departure: route and final destination 
Altitude
Departure time
Time enroute 
ETA
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5
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How many types of weather briefing?

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  • Outlook briefing
  • Standard briefing
  • Abbreviated briefing
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Outlook briefing

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Six or more hours advance of your proposed departure time

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7
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Standard briefing

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  • Complete weather history for the briefing flight

- Provides conditions at departure enroute and arrival

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Abbreviated briefing

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Used to update a previous briefing, or to supplement or add to information you already have

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9
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What is ceiling?

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The height above the earths surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena such as fog or haze

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METAR

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  • Weather OBSERVATION
  • Routinely
  • Only towering cumulus (TC) and cumulonimbus (CB) reported
  • Temperature and dew point spread less than 5 degrees possible fog
  • 1C = 1.8F
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Types of precipitation

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  • RA: rain
  • DZ: drizzle
  • SN: snow
  • SG: snow grains
  • GR: hail > 1/4 inch
  • GS: small hail pellets
  • PE: ice pellets
  • IC: ice crystals
  • BC: patches
  • FZ: freezing
  • SH: showers
  • TS: thunderstorms
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Obstructions to visibility

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  • FG: fog (vsby <5/8mile)
  • BR: mist (vsby 5/8 - 6 mile)
  • FU: smoke
  • HZ: haze
  • PY: spray
  • SA: sand
  • DU: dust
  • VA: volcanic ash
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VV008 or VV///

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VV008 = indefinite ceiling with vertical visibility indefinite at 800 feet
VV/// = indefinite ceiling with vertical visibility undetermined
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14
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What letter K in front of airport means?

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  • K represents lower 48 continuous states
  • PA: Alaska
  • PH: Hawaii
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15
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Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

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  • Valid 24hours
  • Scheduled at 0000Z, 0600Z, 1200Z, 1800Z
  • Routine forecast
  • Can be amended
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3 different types of TAF

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  • TAF Amd (amended)
  • TAF Cor (corrected)
  • TAF RTD (delayed)
17
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TAF time periods

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  • Tempo 1316 = temporary conditions 1300Z to 1600Z
  • FM 1600 = from 1600Z
  • BECMG 2224 = becoming 2200Z to 2400Z
  • PROB40 0608 = probability 40% from 066Z to 0800Z
18
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PIREPs

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Weather OBSERVATION reports by pilots

19
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A list of abbreviation in PIREPs

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  • UA = routine report
  • OV = location
  • TM = time UTC
  • FL = flight level
  • TP = aircraft type
  • SK = sky cover
  • WX = Weather, vsby, clouds
  • TA = temperature
  • WV = wind
  • TB = turbulence
  • IC = icing
20
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Wind aloft report

Direction, velocity, temperature

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  • No wind forecast <1,500 of surface
  • No temperature <2,500 feet of surface
  • Expressed in true North and knots
  • Temperature is negative > 24,000
21
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Wind aloft 9900?

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  • Wind less than 5knots

- Light and variable

22
Q

Decode the following:
FL390
731960

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  • Direction = 73 - 50 = 230 true North
  • Velocity = 100 + 19 = 119knots
  • Temperature = -60
23
Q

Weather Depiction Charts

A

Based on information from METAR

24
Q

3 different types of weather depictions

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  • No contour (VFR)
  • Contoured without shading (MVFR)
  • Shading area (IFR)
25
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5 different types of sky coverage

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1) Clear
2) Scattered
3) Broken
4) Overcast
5) Obscurred

26
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6 different types of fronts

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1) Cold front
3) Warm front
4) Occluded front
5) Upper level of cold front
6) Lower level of warm front
7) Stationary front

27
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In-flight WX Advisories

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1) Airmet
2) Sigmet
3) Convective Sigmet

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AIRMETs (smaller aircraft)

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  • moderate icing
  • moderating turbulence
  • surface wind of 30knots or more
  • ceiling less than 1,000
  • visibility less than 3SM
  • mountain obscurement
29
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SIGMETs (all aircraft)

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  • all pilots, all aircraft
  • severe icing (NO THUNDERSTORM)
  • severe or clear air turbulence
  • dust storm or volcanic eruption reduce vsby <3SM
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CONVECTIVE SIGMETs

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  • tornadoes
  • thunderstorm
  • wind > 50knots
  • hail (GR) > 3/4inch
31
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Significant WX Prognostic Chart

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  • 12hr and 24hr after issuance
  • Top panel: VFR, MVFR, IFR, Turbulence
    Bottom panel: fronts, pressure system, precipitation
32
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Radar Summary Chart

Precipitation

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  • shading - Echo area
  • contours at intensities 1, 3, 5
  • Tops____ Base ———- in 100 ft
  • Prefix A - aircraft report top
  • MVMT - - Area and Lines - - Pennants
  • MVMT - - Cells - - Arrows
  • Precipitation (+) new, incrg
    (-) dcrg
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Transcribed WX Broadcast (TWEB)

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  • Transmitted continuously over certain VORs and NDBs
  • Usually includes route oriented information with specially prepared National Weather Service Forecast, In-flight Advisories, Wind Aloft, NOTAMs, and other special notices
34
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Hazardous in-flight weather advisories

HIWAS

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  • available to pilots over select navaids
  • listed on aeronautical charts with the letter H in the blue nav box
  • transmit information on SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and Convective SIGMETs
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Enroute Flight Advisory Service

Flight Watch

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  • call on frequency 122.0 when flying b/w 5,000 and 18,000 AGL
  • provide weather advisories pertinent to your route of flight, altitude and type of aircraft you are flying

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