Aviation weather divided by description
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| Metar (stand for) | Aviation Routine weather Report
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| Metar ( Definition ) | Observation of Current Condition at an Airport
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| Metar ( Issued ) | 50 Minutes of each hour
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| Metar ( coverage ) | Cover the Airport
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| TAF ( Stand for) | Terminal Area Forecast
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| TAF (Definition ) | A concise Statement of Expected Meteorological conditions within a 5SM radius of an airport
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| TAF ( issued ) | 4x a day at 0z 6z 12z 18z
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| TAF (Valid) | 24 hours
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| TAF (coverage) | 5 statute miles from the center of the runway complex.
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| Metar ( valid ) | issuance time only
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| FA ( Stand for) | Aviation Area Forecast
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| FA ( definition ) | Forecast of visual meteorological conditions, Clouds and general Weather over an area of Several States.
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| FA (contain) | Comunications and product header, precautionary statement, synopsis, VFR Clouds e Weather
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| FA (issued) | 3 Times daily
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| FA (Valid) | 18Hours - 12 hours forecast - 6 hours Categorical outlook
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| FA (coverage) | Several States
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| Airmet ( Stand For ) | Airmens Meterological Information
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| Airmet ( Definition ) | Advises of non-convective weather that is potentially hazardous to all aircraft but specially to small aircrafts.
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| Airmet ( issued ) | every six hours starting at 01:45 UTC
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| Airmet ( Valid ) | 6 Hours
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| Airmet ( Sierra ) | IFR Conditions and extensive mountain obscuration.
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| Airmet ( Tango ) | Moderate Turbulence, sustained surface winds 30 knots or greater, non-convective low-level wind shear
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| Airmet ( Zulu ) | Moderate icing and Freezing levels.
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| Airmet ( coverage ) | 3000 Square Miles.
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| SIGMET ( Stand for ) | Significant Meterological Information
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| SIGMET (definition) | Advises of Non-convective weather that is potentially hazardous to all aircraft.
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| SIGMET (contain) | Severe icing, Severe to extreme turbulence or CAT Dust and Sand Storm that reduce visibility to less than 2 SM, volcanic ash
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| SIGMET (issued) | Unscheduled
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| SIGMET (valid) | 4 Hours
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| SIGMET ( Coverage ) | 3000 Square Miles
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| Convective Sigmet ( stand for ) | Convective Sigmet Meterological Information
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| Convective Sigmet ( Definition ) | Advises of convective weather that is potentially hazardous to all aircraft
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| Convective Sigmet ( Contain ) | Severe thunderstorm due to hail at the surface of 3/4 inch or greather / surface winds of 50 knots or greater / Tornados / Embedded Thunderstorms / A line of thunderstorms or thunderstorms producing heavy or greater precipitation affecting at least 40%
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| Convective Sigmet ( Issued ) | Hourly at 55 of each hour
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| Convective Sigmet ( Valid ) | 2 Hours
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| Convective Sigmet ( coverage ) | 3000 square miles
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| Surface Analysis Chart ( Contain ) | Pressure (isobar e high low centers) / Fronts / Weather - Stations with weather symbolos: sky coverage wind direction e speed, temp/dewpoint / preciptation.
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| Surface Analysis Chart ( Issued ) | Every 3 hours
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| Surface Analysis Chart ( Valid ) | At issuance Time only
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| Surface Analysis Chart ( infos ) | Low pressure circulates the air counterclock sucking the air and trowing it out and up.
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| Weather Depiction Chart ( Contain ) | Observed flying category ( IFR, MVFR, VFR )
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| Weather Depiction Chart ( issued ) | Every 3 hours starting at 01Z each day
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| Weather Depiction Chart ( Valid ) | at issuance time only
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| Low-Level Significant Prognostic Chart ( Contain ) | Four Panels - Top two panels are like weather depiction plus turbulence and freezing levels. Lower two panels are like surface analysis.
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| Low-Level Significant Prognostic Chart ( issued ) | 4 times a day at 0z 6z 12z 18z
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| Low-Level Significant Prognostic Chart ( valid ) | 12 and 24 hours (Time is also on chart)
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| NOTAM ( stand for ) | Notice to airmen
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| NOTAM ( Definition ) | Time-critical aeronautical information of a temporary nature not sufficiently know in advance to permit publication charts that might effect a pilots decision to make a flight.
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| NOTAM ( L ) Stand for | Local
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| NOTAM L ( Definition ) | Information Regarding a local airport enviroment.
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| NOTAM L ( Contain ) | Taxiways closures, men and equipment working near or crossing runways and non-navigational lighting such as VASI
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| NOTAM D ( Stand for ) | Distant
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| NOTAM D ( Definition) | Information for all navigational Facilities and public airports.
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| NOTAM D ( Contain ) 2 | outages / limitations on VIR, ILS NDB, DME, Major runway closure.
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| NOTAM FDC ( Stand for ) | Flight Data Center
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| NOTAM FDC ( Definition ) | Information that is regulatory in nature.
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| NOTAM FDC ( Contain )1 | Amendments to aeronautical Charts & IAPS ,also TFR'S
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| MILITARY TAF | More concise / Temperature expected / High and Low Temperature only / Pressure Expected
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| PIREPS | Report provided from a Pilot during flight reporting any diferent weather condition
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| EFAS ( Stand for ) | Enroute Flight Advisory
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| EFAS ( Infos ) | Flight Watch / Frequency 122.0 /
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| EFAS ( contain ) | Reports urgent Pireps / Storms / Wind Shear / Turbulence / Airmet
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| EFAS ( Definition ) | Report Hazardous during Flight
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| EFAS ( how to find it) | using any VOR frequency of the area
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| EFAS ( Availability ) | Below 17,500 and above 5,000 feet.
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