AVP 211 - Meteorology for Pilots

• Describe atmospheric processes that generate temperature, pressure and wind pertinent to aviation operations.
• Classify and interpret the types of weather phenomena affecting air transportation.
• Interpret weather from weather databases, radar imagery, and other verifiable sources.
• Explain how atmospheric stability and lapse rates impact development of clouds, fog, thunderstorms, and adverse weather.
• Identify the factors that determine the stability of the atmosphere and differentiate between the characteristics of stable and unstable air, to include turbulence, visibility, type of cloud and precipitation.
• List the characteristics and altitudes of the different kinds of fog and cloud types.
• List the abbreviations used on a METAR weather observation and convert a METER weather observation into common language.
• Contrast the weather phenomena that occur when a ‘typical’ cold front or ‘typical’ warm front passes a location.
• Identify the various sources of in-flight turbulence, including thermal, mechanical, frontal, thunderstorm, mountain wave, jet stream and clear air turbulence (CAT); distinguish between the different FAA-turbulence intensity definitions.
• Name the different types of airframe icing and explain its effects on aircraft performance.
• Identify hazardous weather conditions and determine methods to avoid them.