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WorksheetsFlight Weather Briefer
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
At minimum, pilots should be briefed with the following graphical products:
Horizontal Weather Depictions (HWD)
Upper Wind Chart
Flight Forecast Packets
Instrument Flight Rules Chart (IFR)
All charts should be prepared in:
pencil
dark blue ink
black ink
red ink
All HWDs will at a minimum depict atmospheric conditions from SFC to ____ ft above the flight level and be within _____ NM of the flight route.
5000 ft
3000 ft
10 NM
25 NM
Required entries on the HWD include:
cloud coverage that is 5/8 or more
areas of CB and TCU
fronts and pressure centers
ceilings lower than 3000 ft
significant weather & obstructions to vision
Vertical Weather Depictions (VWD) is a vertical cross section of the atmosphere that:
shows flight hazards in both horizontal and vertical
valid for the midpoint
most illustrative diagram for flight briefing
covers the entire route
shows flight hazards in the vertical
VWDs should represent areas of cloudiness, all areas of thunderstorms, and:
height of the freezing level above MSL
wind speed and direction at 5000 ft increments
areas of icing/turbulence
tornadic activity
freezing levels 3000 ft above station pressure
Upper wind charts are displayed using (a) .
Upper wind charts include data representative of upper level winds that are (a) above and below the proposed cruise altitude with temperatures in Celsius.
A ditching heading is used for flights ________ will show a(n) ______ indicating the direction of ditching.
over water
with heavy turbulence
arrow
circle
The predicted altimeter settings chart is provided for all flights ________ and that are operating at _____ ft and below.
over water
with high turbulence
3000 ft
1500 ft
(a) is a turbulence chart with layers encoded in hundreds of feet, type & intensity, corresponding symbols, and areas of LLWS.
(a) is an icing chart that depicts layers encoded in hundreds of feet with type & intensity and a corresponding symbol.
(a) is an Instrument Flight Rules chart.
For AIRMET SIERRA, ceilings must be less than _____ ft, visibility less than ____ miles, and affect ___% of the area.
1000 ft
3000 ft
3
5
50
Flight Forecast Packets will be retained by the generating location for a period of (a) or, in the case of aircraft mishap, as long as it is necessary to complete an investigation.
