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Weather Reporting Flashcards

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TAFS

A

Come out every six hours
good for 24 hours
TERMINAL AERODROME FORCASTS

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PIREP

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Intended for icing turbulence and windshear reports
UA- standard
UUA - Urgent

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Air METS

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66 rule
Issued every six hours
good for every six hours

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4
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Sierra air met

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IFR conditions

mountain obscurations

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Tango air Met

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Moderate turbulence greater low level wins strong surface wins above 30 kn

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Zulu air met

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Subzero icing freezing level

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SIGMET

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Unscheduled valid for hours
Hurricane – six hours
Issued for severe obscurations

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Convective signets

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55 minutes past hour
valid two hours

Wins above 50 KTS
hail 3/4 of an inch surface
tornadoes and thunderstorms

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Surface chart

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Show fronts and winds issued every three hours

Valid for 24 hours

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Isobars

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Wind flow is parallel to isobars closer together equal stronger winds

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