USI - Part 107 - Weather

When you need information about wind, visibility, significant weather, and the probability of precipitation and thunderstorms, what report do you obtain?

• a.       Notice to Airman (NOTAM)

• a.       Terminal Area Chart (TAC)

• a.       Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASAS)

• Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

The service, for busy terminal areas, that offers continuous broadcast of recorded aeronautical information, including weather is ____________________.

• a.       Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• a.      Automated Terminal information Service (ATIS)

• a.       National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

• a.       Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

At select airports, when you need a report that tells future airport conditions for a five mile radius, you look for the ________.

• TAF

• METAR

• PiRep

Weather conditions including temperature, pressure, wind, precipitation, and visibility is provided by which service?

• Surface Forecast Chart

• Automated Surace Observing System (ASOS)

• Weather Observation Center (WOC)

• Weather Channel

The weather report, ____________ provides surface observations at select airports.

• TAF

• Pirep

• NATO

• METAR

What term defines the temperature at which water vapor in the air must be cooled for condensation to occur?

• Wind uplift

• Frontal passage

• Dew Point

• Atmosphere

meteorologists state _______________.

• a.       Weather is what you want and climate is what you get

• a.       Weather is what you expect and climate is what you get

• a.       Climate is what you expect and weather is what you get

• a.       Climate is where you live and weather is what you get

What is wind shear?

• a.       Rising pockets of air that produce eddies, creating thermal turbulence

• a.       Rising pockets of air that produce eddies, creating thermal turbulence

• a.      Change in wind speed or direction of flow, creating mechanical turbulence

A ________ is the dividing line between contrasting air masses.

• wind shear

• Front

• CLoud inversion

• thunderstorm

An unstable air mass is characterized by ______________.

• Patches of fog

• radiation fog and humidity

• lightening and nimbostratus clouds

• turbulence and cumuliform clouds