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1. At what times are WAFC significant weather charts produced?

At midnight and midday only

At 0000 and 1200Z

At 0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 LMT

At 0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC

2. On WAFC significant weather charts what do the letters CB imply?

Moderate icing and turbulence

Moderate to severe icing and turbulence and hail

Moderate to severe icing and turbulence

Severe icing and turbulence and hail

3. Why are indications about the height of the tropopause not essential for flight documentation in the tropics?

The tropopause is generally well above the flight level actually flown.

The meteorological services are unable to provide such a chart

Tropopause information is of no value

The temperatures of the tropical tropopause are always very cold and therefore not important

4. Which weather chart gives information about icing and the height of the freezing level?

500 hPa chart

700 hPa chart

Surface chart

Low Level Significant weather chart

5. How are well separated CB clouds described on the Significant Weather Chart?

OCNL CB.

ISOL CB.

EMBD CB.

FREQ CB.

6. When are WAFC significant weather charts produced?

Every 12 hours

Every 3 hours

At midnight and midday only

Every 6 hours

7. A pilot is warned of severe icing at certain flight levels by information supplied in

TAF and SIGMET

SWC and SIGMET

METAR and SIGMET

TAF and METAR

8. On WAFC significant weather charts, jet streams are given flight levels. To what does this flight level refer?

The flight level of the mean wind in the jet stream

The flight level of the maximum wind in the jet stream

The average height of the jet stream

The highest flight level where the winds are more than 60 knots

9. What information is given on a Significant Weather Chart?

The significant weather in a period 3 hours before and 3 hours after the time given on the chart

The significant weather forecast for a period 6 hours after the time given on the chart

The significant weather forecast for the time given on the chart

The significant weather that is observed at the time given on the chart

10. What is the validity time for a WAFC significant weather chart?

30 minutes

6 hours

For a fixed single time only

3 hours

11. What does the symbol with an “H 450” inside it indicate on a significant weather chart?

The center of a tropopause “high”, where the tropopause is at FL 450

The lower limit of the tropopause

The center of a high pressure area at 450 hPa

The upper limit of significant weather at FL 450.

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