Q13 Artic Space and WX Service

What happens above Arctic Circle latitude?

In Arctic during summer afternoons, scattered cumulus clouds forming over the interior occasionally grow into thundershowers. These thundershowers move generally to which direction?

What is not the airmass characteristic in Arctic winter?

How the Solar flares affect aviation?

Select the item that has no relationship with Space weather effects.

BL (PVT) 13-1 Select the information which Flight Service Specialist not required to have for a telephone briefing:

BL(PVT) Which briefing should be requested when a planned departure is 6 or more hours away?

BL (PVT) Which briefing should be requested to update a previous weather briefing?

BL (PVT) Which briefing should be requested for a complete weather picture and the most detailed of all briefings or when no previous briefing has been received?

BL(PVT) Which type of weather briefing should a pilot request to supplement mass disseminated data?

BL (COMM) For an IFR flight, which source should be used to obtain the most current condition and en route and destination weather forecast?

BL Weather Advisory Broadcasts, SIGMETs, and Convective SIGMETs, (Not applicable to HIWAS : of which broadcasts are only a summary of the information, and pilots should contact an FSS for detailed information) are also provided by

Who is the certified weather observer that can provide official weather.

The best way is to get a weather briefing is to call FSS and request Standard Briefing. Alternatives are available via the internet. The two best methods is to use:

What are the weather information sources for those pilots already in flight?