Metro-02
Meteorology and Flight Planning
(4) Ceilings less than 1,000 ft and/or visibility
less than 3 miles affecting over 50% of an
area at any one time
(5) Extensive mountain obscuration precluding
VFR flight
e.
AIRMET message texts
(1) Text portion of each AIRMET message
within a bulletin shall contain the available
details about the phenomenon conditions
which have met or are expected to meet
AIRMET or significance criteria
(2) Details shall include whether conditions are
occurring or forecast to occur, their causes,
their vertical extent, any changes expected
during the AIRMET valid period, and
remarks concerning the time of onset
and/or cessation of conditions
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11. Military Weather Advisory (MWA)
Fig 19: Military
Weather Advisory
a.
Prepared and issued by the Air Force Global
(MWA)
Weather Center (AFGWC)
b.
Transmitted twice a day with a 12-hour Military
Weather Advisory, which is a forecast of
possible severe weather
c.
Two versions produced
(1) Teletype
(2) Facsimile
d.
The forecast is coded as follows:
(1) Red - tornadoes, waterspouts, or funnel
clouds
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