Weather and meteorology npor. Tereza Holubova

CONTENT Meteorological phenomena influencing aviation turbulence wind precipitation, icing clouds visibility Sources of meteorological information

TURBULENCE  light, moderate, severe  mechanical, thermic, CAT, wake turbulence

WIND  wind speed, direction  anemometer, windsock  Beaufort scale  gust, squall, windshear

PRECIPITATION  intensity, time, form, amount  light, moderate, heavy  continuous, intermittend  rain, shower, drizzle, thunderstorm, sleet  snow, freezing rain or drizzle, blizzard, hail and pellets  dew, icing

CLOUDS  cloud base, top  cloud cover  cloud type - low, middle, high level  thunderstorm+lightning, thunder

VISIBILITY  meteorological, slant, vertical, flight visibility, RVR  unlimited, excellent, haze, mist, fog  phenomena reducing visibility

SOURCES OF METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION  meteorological briefing  radar screen (letvis)  ledis screen  pilot's and ATCo's reports

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