IRFP-01
Metro Review
MOTIVATION
As an aviator, you need to develop a natural routine in flight planning that takes
weather into account and uses weather information correctly.
OVERVIEW
After reviewing significant weather phenomena, related weather hazards,
weather minimums, maps, and forecasts, you will be able to connect a visual
image of significant weather with information found in weather maps and
forecasts to assist in flight planning.
In this lesson, we will review:
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Meteorological definitions
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Frontal systems and resulting winds
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Meteorological hazards
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Thunderstorms
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Microbursts
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Structural ice
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Fog
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Jet streams
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Clear air turbulence (CAT)
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Wake turbulence
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Weather minimums directed by OPNAVINST 3710.7
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Weather charts (observed and prognostic)
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Surface analysis
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Weather depiction
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Radar summary
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Prognostics
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Printed reports and forecasts
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Sources for in-flight weather information, updates, and PIREPs
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Flight weather packets
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Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System (OPARS)
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Satellite imagery
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Spatial Disorientation
(8-97) Change 2
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