AIRMET


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AIRMETAirman's Meteorological Information
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This NEXTGEN feature is used in several map displays as for AIRMETs and SIGMETs.
SELF-BRIEF THE WEATHER
In contrast, Airmet's "Two Nights / One Moon" rhapsodizes the effects of nature on two lovers:
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You view the Graphical AIRMET at aviationweather.com because "pictures are worth a thousand words." Is that sufficient?
COMPARING LPV AND ILS
An Airmet for moderate turbulence doesn't mean you'll encounter anything significant, but nor does it guarantee you won't run into something worse.
Catching A Wave: It's one way to find yourself in turbulence. If you can't avoid the bumps, you'll need to make the best of it
If we had done so, our misinter-pretation of the AirMet would have been clear, and we would not have accepted our subsequent clearance to 9,000 feet.
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FIS-B textual data application shows AIRMETs, METARs, NOTAMs, SIGMETs, SPECI and TAF data.
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Alert Weather Watches such as AIRMETs, SIGMETs and Convective SIGMETS are issued when they cover an area of 3000 square miles or more.
THE QUIZ
An Airmet for moderate turbulence below 18,000 feet was active over the accident site at the accident time.
Maneuvering Speed: Combining the loads imposed by maneuvering with those encountered in turbulence can exceed structural limits
"I have an AIRMET for turbulence," the forecaster said.
WEATHER ACCIDENTS
On occasion, AIRMET boundaries would not appear on the map, except at certain zoom levels.
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Earlier during the flight, a call for a weather briefing would have revealed an AIRMET for moderate turbulence and sustained surface winds over 30 knots.
Misfortune of others
An Airmet was in effect for mountain obscuration due to smoke and haze.
Dark night conditions: especially in mountainous terrain, a good VFR altitude at night is the minimum IFR en route altitude
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