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17 Cards in this Set
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What are 3 automated observations systems used at US airports? |
ASOS Automated surface observing system |
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True or False. |
True. but it will be spoken in Magnetic |
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_______ is a unscheduled report taken |
SPECI |
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- , +, VC stand for? |
- Light +Heavy In the Vicinity |
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MI PR BC DR stands for? |
Shallow,Partial, Patches, Low Drifting |
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BL SH TS FZ stands for? |
Blowing, Shower(s), Thunderstorms, Freezing |
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DZ RA SN SG stands for? |
Drizzle, Rain, Snow, Snow grain |
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IC PL GR GS UP stands for? |
Ice crystals, Ice Pellets, Hail, Small Hail, Unknown precipitation |
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BR FG FU VA stands for? |
Mist, Fog, Smoke, Volcanic Ash |
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DU SA HZ PY stands for? |
widespread Dust, Sand, Haze, spray |
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PO SQ FC stands for? |
Well-developed dust/sandwhirls, Squalls, Funnelcloud/tornado/waterspout |
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SS DS stand for? |
sand storm, Dust storm |
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TCU CB stand for? |
Towering Cumulus, Cumulonimbus |
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Difference between SKC and CLR and how they are said in a METAR? |
SKC is from a manual entry and is said "clear" |
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How is this said? |
Few clouds at 4 hundred, 1 thousand six hundred scattered, ceiling 8 thousand 5 hundred broken |
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How is this said? |
Three thousand 7 hundred scattered towering cumulus, ceiling 1-5-thousand overcast |
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How is this said? |
Indefinate ceiling 5 hundred |
