Aviation meteorology

1. What is flight safetysubject to in terms of eteorology?

2. Why must pilots have knowledge of weather behaviour?

3. What are meteorological predictions based on?

4. Define atmosphere.

5. What layers does the atmosphere have? For what purpose is it divided?

6. What kind of motion in the atmospheredo pressure and temperature changes produce?

7. Why air motions should be of primary interest to the pilot?

8. What is a surface wind?

9. At what height is surface wind measured?

10. What should a pilot flying through turbulence anticipate?

11. What does the intensity of turbulence depend on?

12. On what side is it more favourable to approach the hill or the moutain – on the windward or on the leeward and why?

13. Why is the wind blowing on the windward side more favourable in approaching a hill or mountain than the wind blowing on the leeward side?

14. At whatheight is it recommended to clear mountain ridges and peaks?

15. What is wind shear?

16. What hazards can wind shear cause?(2 potentially hazardous situations)

17. Name the most important meteorological phenomena that cause significant low-level wind shear problems. (thunderstorms and certain frontal systems near the airport)

18. Define eddy.

19. What is a moving front?

20. What is a stationary front?

21. What is the difference between cold and warm fronts?

22. What is occluded front?

23. What phenomena usually accompany thunderstorms?

24. What types of clouds are associated with thunderstorms?

25. What dangers can thunderstorms cause?

26. What is dew point?

27. What is fog?

28. What is mist? What is the difference between fog and mist?

29. What is ceiling?

30. What is visibility?

31. What precepitation do you know?

32. What are the two categories of weather information?

33. What forecasts doyou know?

34. What reports do you know?

35. What kinds of wind do you know?

36. What kinds of fog do you know?

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