Weather

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TAFs are used by air traffic controllers to anticipate weather changes that will affect aircraft operations

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At Specified Terminals

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Which in flight advisory would provide a forecast of occasionally sever turbulence over Colorado

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Sigmet

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Which in flight advisory would be used to forecast a line of severe thunderstorms over Nebraska and Kansas

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Convective Sigmet

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Which in flight advisory would provide a forecast of moderate icing over New York and Pennsylvania?

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AIRMET Zulu

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Which product might the Kansas City Center Weather Service Unit issue in response to pilot weather reports of severe clear icing in the Kansas City area below 6,000 feet?

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Center Weather Advisory

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A meteorological impact statement is

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an unscheduled discussion product that summarizes anticipated weather conditions with potential impact on air traffic flow control and flight operations in an ARTCC's area of responsibility.

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What will temorarily restrict the visibility on the 22nd at 0730z?
Tempo 2206/2209 1/2SM SHSN FZFG

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Moderate snow showers, freezing fog

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Which altitude is forecast to have occasional severe turbulence?

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Flight lever 320

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What is the forecast movement of the area of severe embedded thunderstorms?

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From 210 degrees at 15 knots

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Which hazards is/are forecast for Kentucky at 1700Z?

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Moderate turbulence below 10,000 feet low level wind shear

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Which hazard is forecast in the Jacksonville ARTCC airspace?

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Low IFR

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Which statement is true concerning the product below?

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The roduct is valid until the 3rd day of the month at 0200z

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What is the forecast wind and temperature at Alamosa, CO at FL340

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wind two three zero at two six, temperature minus four five

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What is the unscheduled reort that is taken when certain criteria have been observed?

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SPECI

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in the contiguous United States of America region, the ICAO station identifier prefix is

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K

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the date and time of report element reports time according to which reference?

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UTC

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Which Report Modifier entry identifies teh METAR/SPECI as a fully automated report with NO human intervention or oversight?

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AUTO

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In a METAR/SPECI wind group wind speed is referenced to which unit of measure?

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Knots

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What term refers to the greatest distance that can be seen throughout at least half the horizon circle (180 degrees) NOT necessarily continuous?

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Prevailing visibility

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What is an instrumetally derived value that represents the horizontal distance a pilot may see down the runway from the approach end?

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RVR- Runway visual Range

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The proximity qualifier VC is used to indicate weather phenomena (other than precipitation) observed ____ the point of observation.

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between 5 and 10 statue miles of

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In the METAR/SPEC sky condition Group heights are reported in ___AGL.

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hundreds of feet

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In a METAR/SPECI report, what do temperatures and dew points prefixed with an M signify?

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below zero

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an A prefix at the beginning of the altimeter in a metar/speci report denotes altimeter setting in which units of measure?

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Inches of mercury

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What term describes plain language or coded data added to the body of the METAR/SPECI to report significant information NOT provided for in the body of the report?

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Remarks

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SPECI KHYS 092338Z AUTO

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Hays, automated special report, three eight observation

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32012g22kt 280v350

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wind three two zero at one two, gusts two two wind variable between two eight zero and three five zero

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M1/4sm fg

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visibility less than one quarter , fog

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R17/M0600FT

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Runway one seven RVR less than six hundred

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+TSRAGR

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Thunderstorm, heavy rain, hail

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sCT030 BKN080 OVC120

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Three thousand scattered ceiling eight thousand broken, one two thousand overcast

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12/MO2

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Temperature one two dew point minus two

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A3012

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Altimeter three zero one two

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PK WND 23034/43

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Peak wind two three zero at three four occurred at four three past the hour

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CIG 005v008

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ceiling variable between five hundred and eight hundred