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What is a METAR?
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Routine aviation weather report.
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What is a TAF?
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Terminal Area Forecast
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What is an FA?
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Area Forecast.
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What is an FD?
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Winds and temperatures aloft forecast.
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What is a Significant Weather Prog Chart?
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A prognosis chart forecasts:
1) Cloud cover 2) Turbulence 3) Freezing Level 4) Location of Fronts and high/low pressure systems. |
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What is shown on a radar summary chart?
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1)Location of precipitation radar echoes
coverage, movement, and tops. 2) Precipitation type and intensity are also identified. |
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What is on a Surface Analysis Chart?
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1)Fronts
2)Pressure systems 3)Isobars 4)Wind Direction and Velocity 5)Temperature and Dewpoint |
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What is shown on a Weather Depiction Chart?
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1)Areas of VFR
2)Marginal VFR 3)IFR 4)Visibility 5)Ceiling Height 6)Sky Coverage |
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What is a Lifted Index?
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Index of stability for a lifted parcel of air. (+) means stable (0) neutral
(-) means instability |
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What is a Thermal Index?
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Conveys atmospheric stability information. (+)=Stable (0)=Neutral
(-)=Instability |
