Fore flight

Question 1

Answer 1

1. Flight Category
2. Updated every 30 minutes
3. marginal VFR (blue),
4. IFR (red) or low IFR (magenta).
5. Moderate or greater turbulence (tan)
6. Moderate or greater icing (green) using standard pilot report symbology

Question 2

Answer 2

1. Weather Depiction chart -
2. Issued every three hours,
3. location of surface frontal systems,
4. surface troughs, and
5. IFR/ MVFR conditions
6. sky coverage, ceiling height and present weather (precipitation, mist, fog).
7. Shaded areas are regions of IFR
8. Contours without shading MVFR
9. No contours or shading imply ceilings are greater than 3,000 feet and visibilities greater than 5 statute miles.

Question 3

Answer 3

1. Latest Surface Analysis - The mean sea level (MSL)
2. issue every three hours
3. location of high and low pressure centers, fronts, troughs, outflow boundaries, squall lines, dry lines and an isobaric analysis. This analysis is valid at the synoptic times of 0000
4. UTC, 0300 UTC, 0600 UTC, …, 2100 UTC. The latest surface analysis becomes available approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes after these synoptic times.

Question 4

Answer 4

1. Today’s Forecast -
2. expected weather for today,
3. emphasis on certain hazardous and significant weather. T