Recheck Questions

Question 1

What is an AIRMET?

Answer 1

And AIRMET is issued every six hours for IFR conditions, mountain obstructions, turbulence, strong surface, winds, icing, and freezing levels.

1. Sierra - IFR or mountain obstructions.
2. Tango - mod turbulence, wins 30 kn or greater, low level windshear.
3. Zulu - icing and freezing level heights.

Question 2

What is a SIGMET?

Answer 2

Non-convective weather hazardous to all aircraft such as icing, severe/extreme turbulence, dust/sandstorms, lowering visibility by 3 miles, volcanic ash. 

Question 3

What is a convective SIGMET?

Answer 3

These are for severe turbulence, icing, windshear hazards to all aircraft valid for two hours. Includes severe tea storms with winds +50 kn, 3/4 inch hail, tornadoes, embedded tea, storms, lines of storms, or heavy rainfall affecting 40% of 3000 mi.²