WEATHER REPORTS

Question 1

What type of weather report would you find CAT on?

Answer 1

Answer: Clear Air Turbulence Forecast – CAT (3 and 6 hrs. US Forecast).

Question 2

What are ATIS and METAR winds listed in: mag or true?

Answer 2

Answer: METER WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED Direction in tens of degrees from true north…AIM7 -1 -11. AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE ATIS information includes the time of the latest weather sequence including wind direction (magnetic)… ATIS 4 – 1 -13

Question 3

Which reports give wind in True North?

Answer 3

METAR, TAF ASOS and the Winds and Temperature aloft Forecast.
Stuff you don’t usually write down.

Question 4

Which reports give the wind in Mag North?

Answer 4

Anything broadcast over FAA radios AWOS. ATIS ASOS

Question 5

PIREPS are in MSL or AGL

Answer 5

MSL

Question 6

What is an airmet?

Answer 6

Airmet Sierra - ifr and mountain obscuration
Airmet Tango - turbulence, wind shear
Airmet Zulu - icing

Question 7

What is a sigmet?

Answer 7

severe icing
severe turbulence
volcanic ash or dust

Question 8

What is a convective sigmet?

Convective SIGMET

Answer 8

• 55 minutes past the hour and valid for 2 hours. -Line of thunderstorms
• Embedded thunderstorms
• Wide area of thunderstorms
• Severe thunderstorms characterized by wind in excess of 50 kias, hail 3/4” diameter or greater, or tornadoes

Question 9

Are cloud bases on a METAR listed in AGL or MSL?

Answer 9

AGL