AIRMET Tango

Words for: IFR Weather

convective currents
cumulus cloud layers
overshoot
ballooning effect
headwind losses
low-level wind shear
Microburst
ASR-9 WSP
atmospheric stability
adiabatic heating
adiabatic cooling
dry adiabatic lapse rate
moist adiabatic lapse rate
temperature inversion
inversion layer
surface-based temperature inversions
frontal inversions
unsaturated air
Visibility
fog
stratus clouds
stratus
Ceiling
cumulus stage
dissipating stage
anvil
anvil-like shape
thunderstorm
troughs aloft
supercooled
mixed rime and clear ice
Pilot Windshear Guide
Turbulence
Icing
flight service station
Radar Observations
WSR-88D
WSR-88D NEXRAD
Doppler radar
WSR-88D NEXRAD radar
dBZ — decibels of Z
reflectivity
gust front
TDWR — terminal Doppler weather radar
Service Outlets
1-800-WX BRIEF
preflight weather information
Airport/Facility Directory
inflight weather briefing services
conterminous states
VOR — navigational aids
AIRMET
NAVAIDs
SIGMET
airspace procedures
Convective SIGMET
EFAS
urgent PIREPs
Aviation Routine Weather Report
SPECI — special METAR
Zulu time
AUTO
AO1
AO2
precipitation discriminator
COR
gusting
SM
descriptor
TCU — towering cumulus
CB — cumulonimbus
SKC
CLR
FEW
OVC — overcast
Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS)
Celsius
PRESFR
RMK
BC — Patches
DZ — Drizzle
PL — Ice pellets
GS — Small hail or snow pellets
PO — Dust/sand whirls
SQ — Squalls
SS — Sandstorm
OCNL LTGICCG
Pilot Weather Report
NAVAID idents
CHOP
UA
inflight advisories
TAF — Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
winds and temperatures aloft forecast
TAF AMD — amended forecast
FM — from
TEMPO — temporary
PROB30
Aviation Forecasts
P6SM
TAF AMD
ICAO station identifier
area forecast
precautionary statements
mountain obscuration
LLWS
BECMG
VFR Clouds and Weather
Zulu
WA — AIRMET designator
AIRMET Tango
AIRMET Zulu
nonconvective weather
UWS — Urgent Weather SIGMET
WS — SIGMET designator
Significant Weather Prognostic Charts
aeronautical decision-making

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Plain English Meaning

A weather advisory warning pilots that bumpy air, strong surface winds, or sudden wind changes near the ground are expected over a wide area.

Full Definition

An AIRMET issued for turbulence, including moderate turbulence, sustained surface winds of 30 knots or greater, and/or non-convective low-level wind shear. Tango is the phonetic letter for T (turbulence) and identifies this specific category of AIRMET.

Context Anchor

Seen in preflight weather briefings and aviation weather reports when checking for turbulence and wind along a .

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Derivation

Why Pilots Care

Intuition Check

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