SH.I.C.K3e
KnowledgeMeteorology applicable to the departure, en route, alternate, and destination under visual flight rules (VFR) in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC), including expected climate and hazardous conditions such as:
Weather system formation, including air masses and fronts
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- 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information › 3.3 Obtaining Weather Information › 3.3.1 Weather Briefings
Additional Use Information Details on the use of both government and commercial aviation weather information are discussed in the AIM, Chapter 7, Section 1, Paragraph 7-1-3, Use of Aviation Weather Products. Items discussed include: • Approved sources for aviation ... weather information, • The development of new products through the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP), • The use of new products to meet regulatory requirements, and • The use of weather services and products provided…
- 2 Aviation Weather Service Program › 2.5 Commercial Weather Information Providers
Weather Camera Program Flight Service also delivers the FAA’s Aviation Weather Camera Network. It features an expanding network of camera sites in Alaska, Hawaii, and the CONUS. Weather cameras provide pilots in certain areas with snapshots of current conditions ... location, enabling pilots to have additional information for improved decision making. Services may be obtained by visiting the Aviation Weather Cameras website (found in Appendix G). See Section 3.3.3.2 and Section 24.9 for additional information. 2.4 Department of Defense…
- 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information › 3.4 Overview of Aviation Weather Products
Overview of Aviation Weather Products There are many aviation weather products available to the pilot through the internet and mobile phone apps. Each product has a specific purpose that provides the user with reported or forecast weather conditions either ... airport or aloft. Table 3-1 and Table 3-2 are matrices of aviation weather products versus the weather elements and the weather phenomena applicable to aviation. These tables are a high-level overview and do not attempt to capture…
- 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information › 3.4.2 Summaries of Specific Weather Information Contained in Various Weather Products › 3.4.2.21 Products with Fronts Information
Products with Fronts Information Table 3-24. Weather Element: Fronts Type: text (T), graphic (G), image (I), voice (V) Manually produced METARs and SPECIs may report “FROPA” in the RMK portion. Surface Chart Analysis G Depicts the location of fronts ... well as the high- and low-pressure systems. Fronts are not explicitly mentioned under weather phenomena, but a significant change in wind direction coupled with changes in other elements can imply a forecast frontal passage. Alaska Area Forecast T There…
- Chapter 13: Aviation Weather Services › Electronic Flight Displays (EFD) /Multi-Function Display (MFD) Weather › Weather Products Age and Expiration
CYCLONE) • Temporary flight restrictions (TFR) Pilots must be familiar with any EFD or MFD used and the data link weather products available on the display. Weather Products Age and Expiration The information displayed using a data link weather link ... near real time but should not be thought of as instantaneous, up-to-date information. Each type of weather display is stamped with the age information on the MFD. The time is referenced from Zulu when the information was assembled…
- Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 1. Meteorology › 7-1-3. Use of Aviation Weather Products
identified three distinct types of weather information available to pilots and operators. 1. Observations. Raw weather data collected by some type of sensor suite including surface and airborne observations, radar, lightning, satellite imagery, and profilers. 2. Analysis. Enhanced depiction and/or ... interpretation of observed weather data. 3. Forecasts. Predictions of the development and/or movement of weather phenomena based on meteorological observations and various mathematical models. k. Not all sources of aviation weather information are able to provide all three types…