What is sky coverage?
Answer: The amount of sky covered by clouds, reported in eighths. Includes coverage at the lowest cloud layer plus the additional coverage present at all successively higher cloud layers.
Weather
- In the METAR shown, what is the reported ceiling at KSEA? (F/1/2)
- Using the SPECI shown, what is the prevailing visibility reported at KNFB?
- What is the most accurate means of tracking thunderstorms?
- What are the best choices, in order of priority, for avoiding the penetration of a thunderstorm?
- What is the sequence of events a pilot will encounter when flying through a microburst?
- What are some visual indications of possible microburst activity?
- What are some aviation hazards associated with lightning?
- What aviation hazards are associated with thunderstorms?
- What are some hazards of flying into volcanic ash?
- What are the two types of fog?
- What is a ceiling?
- What are the types of obscuring phenomena?
- What is Runway Visual Range (RVR)?
- How is visibility expressed?
- To avoid icing, why would climbing to a colder temperature be a consideration?
- What type of front is associated with mixed icing?
- What type of front is associated with rime icing?
- What are the types of icing?
- What are the requirements for icing?
- True or false? A wind shear is always caused by a sudden change in wind speed or direction over a short distance vertically.
- Frontal turbulence is caused by warm air lifted by a ______.
- Thermal turbulence is also known as ______.
- During ______ you will experience large abrupt changes in altitude and/or attitude.
- What are the turbulence intensity classifications?