WorksheetsWeather Terminology Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Inflight weather advisory issued as an amendment to the area forecast, concerning weather phenomena of operational interest to all aircraft and that is potentially hazardous to aircraft with limited capability due to lack of equipment, instrumentation, or pilot qualifications.
AIRMET
SIGMET
TAF
METAR
A term used in aviation for coordinated universal time (UTC) which places the entire world on one time standard.
ZULU
UNI-T
EST
EDT
A report established for the 5 statute mile radius around an airport
METAR
TAF
SIGMET
PIREP
The atmospheric termperature (varying accoudring to pressure and humidity below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
SUB-TROPICAL
HUMIDITY
DEW POINT
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
A unit of linear measurement equaal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kms).
DECAMETER
LEAGUE
NAUTICAL MILE
STATUTE MILE
Observation of current surface weather reported in a standard international format.
PROG CHART
TAF
METAR
SIGMET
The time between official sunset and thirty minutes after sunset, or thirty minutes before sunrise.
DUSK/DAWN
CIVIL TWILIGHT
UTC
ZULU
A weather advisory in abbreviated plain language concerning the occurrence or expected occurrence of potentially hazardous en route weather phenomena that may affect the safety of aircraft operations.
METAR
TAF
PIREP
SIGMET
Makes available to the aviation community text, digital and graphical forecasts, analyses, and observations of aviation-related weather variables.
GARMIN
NATIONAL AIRBORNE WEATHER DATA
AVIATION DIGITAL DATA SERVICE
DAVE TURLEY
Shown on a METAR in degrees and speed in knots.
ALTIMETER
WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED
TEMPERATURE
VISIBILITY
What day was this METAR created on?
11th
10th
30th
What direction is the wind blowing from?
010
165
100
What is the wind speed?
100
10
11
What is the current temperature?
29
17
35
111
What is the current dew point?
23
17
35
53
What is the current barometric pressure?
3015
035
2500
17
The weather report indicates you should expect strong thunderstorms beginning at 1535. What time is this?
2:25 p.m.
3:35 p.m.
5:35 a.m.
7:35 p.m.
If the wind is indicated to be 270 at 11 knots, where is the wind coming from?
NORTH
SOUTH
EAST
WEST
Greenwich Mean Time is the standard time all over the world. This is because the 0°____ goes through Greenwich, England.
Latitude
Longitude
Which of the following does NOT represent the common world time?
GMT
UTC
ZULU
EST
