Automated Weather System

Words for: Preflight Preparation

POH/AFM
National Aeronautical Navigation Products
Filing in Flight
Aeronautical Information Publication
VOR — very-high frequency omnidirectional range
FDC NOTAMs — Flight Data Center NOTAMs
IFR flight plan
Clearance
Cancelling IFR Flight Plans
Class a Airspace
VFR altitude/flight level
VFR radar advisory service
Class B Airspace
phraseology
readback
Class C Airspace
standard phraseology
obstruction clearance
ATC phraseology
Clearance Separations
block of airspace
Radar-Controlled Departures
graphic ODPs
IFR Take-off Minimums
RNAV (GPS)
DEP CON
DEP CON — departure control
Position Report
IFR Flight
En Route Procedures
ATC Reports
ASOS/AWOS — Automated Surface Observing System/Automated Weather Observing System
IAP charts
standard IAP
crossing NDB bearing
instrument letdown
VORTAC — VOR/tactical air navigation
AWOS/ASOS
LNAV MDA
DME/DME RNP-0.3 NA
IF/IAF
LNAV/VNAV DA
WAAS
LPV
VGSI
MISSED APCH FIX
ATC
DH
navigational guidance
glidepath information
FAA TPP
GS/TCH/RPI
ELEV
RWY
DA/HAT
MDA-VIS
HAA
ASR
glidepath interception
No-Gyro Approach
I-TOI
APP CRS
Apt Elev
ADF
ASR/PAR
CAIRNS APP CON
GND CON
LOM/IAF
S-ILS
S-LOC
FAF to MAP
simultaneous approaches
localizer frequency
Glideslope Intercept Altitude
DA/DH
side-step maneuver
nonprecision criteria
traffic pattern altitude
Downwind Leg
Terms and Landing Minima Data
Missed Approaches
IAP minimums
Runway Markings
airway structure
Inoperative Components or Visual Aids Table
ILS glideslope inoperative minimums
localizer minimums
clear air turbulence
Instrument Weather Flying
Recency of Experience
landing
flying experience
inflight turbulence
preflight weather briefing
WST — Convective SIGMET
WA — AIRMET
cumulus
towering cumulus
cumulonimbus
standing lenticular clouds
PIREPs — pilot reports
Structural icing
aerodynamic cooling
aerodynamic characteristics
Rime
icing conditions
temperature/dewpoint spread
ASOS/AWOS
volcanic ash
NWS — National Weather Service
VAFTAD — Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and Dispersion
updrafts
downdrafts
thunderstorm detection
cloud bases
cloud tops
Tailwind
radar reflectivity
radar echoes
Wind Shear
headwind
centerfield wind indicator
VFR Over-The-Top
undercast
Cessna 182
METAR
TAF
Brookwood VORTAC
Kewanee VORTAC
AIRMET SIERRA
AIRMET IFR
surface analysis chart
marginal VFR
ATIS
FREQ
DEPERTURE ARRIVAL
WINDS
TEMP / DEWPOINT
RWY IN USE
OKW
EWA
PNS
Appr
MINDO
MAG CRSE
en route
airworthiness requirements
transponder test
VOR system
MAG CRSE — magnetic course
GND SPD — ground speed
altimeter test
VOR system check
Departure
DVFR
pitot heat
GPS
squawk
IFR equipment
Pirep
OBS — omni bearing selector
operations specifications
takeoff minimums
Standard Instrument Approaches
300 feet RVR
prominent unlighted objects
prominent lighted objects
RVV — runway visibility value
Runway Visual Range
Touchdown RVR
Mid-RVR
Rollout RVR
adequate visual reference
Far End RVR
runway centerline lights
overcast
obscuration
tower visibility
1, 2, 3 Rule
Automated Weather System
wind gust
runways and instrument approaches in use
D-ATIS — Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service
computer-synthesized voice message
IFR alternate requirements
TSO-C129
TSO-C196
TSO-C145
TSO-C146
A N/A
NAVAID — approach navigational aid
NDB
LOC
PAR
LNAV
LDA
CAT I
dispatcher
straight-in nonprecision approach

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Plain English Meaning

A weather station at an airport that runs on its own, with no person on duty. It measures the weather using instruments and broadcasts the report by radio or phone so pilots can listen in.

Full Definition

A general category of unstaffed weather reporting installations that use sensors to measure atmospheric conditions at an airport and broadcast the results automatically. The category covers the various federal and non-federal systems in use, including AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System), ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), and AWSS (Automated Weather Sensor System), each with its own sensor configuration and reporting capability.

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Why Pilots Care

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