NIFE WEATHER EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
When clouds are at the surface, - Answer- When is VV or obscured reported?
Height - Answer- The last 3 digits report the ____ of the vertical visibility when in
obscured cloud coverage.
Chart Pressure System - Answer- When horizontal distribution of pressure across the
Earth's surface is depicted on weather charts by isobars, or lines of equal barometric
pressure.
Surface Analysis Chart - Answer- This chart depicts pressure centers, fronts, and
barometric pressure lines.
Prognostic Charts - Answer- These charts include the latest surface analysis along with
multiple forecasts for up to a week.
5 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one half-tack
10 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one full tack
50 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one triangle
15 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one half tack and one full tack
60 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with a triangle and full tack.
25G30kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with a 30 on top, two full tacks and one half
tack.
Gusts - Answer- What is on the top or tip of the wind barb
Coming from - Answer- The tip of the wind barb points in the direction the wind is
_____.
Calm or variable winds - Answer- A circle with no barb line indicates _____
Flight Category Cover - Answer- The color of a wind barb circle indicates
,LIFR - Answer- A purple Flight Cat color
IFR - Answer- Red Flight Cat Color
MVFR - Answer- Blue Flight Cat Color
VFR - Answer- Green Flight Cat Color
VFR Non-ceiling clouds below 3000 feet - Answer- Green Flight Cat Color, yellow ring
A percentage of cloud cover with a pie chart in the circle - Answer- Flt Cat/Cover is
indicated as
Temperature - Answer- Upper left of a station model is
Weather and visibility in miles - Answer- Left of the station model is
Dew Point Temperature - Answer- Lower left of the station model is
Altimeter setting as teh last three digits in in-Hg - Answer- Upper right of the station
model is
Cloud Ceiling plotted in hundres of feet - Answer- To the right of the station model is
The 4 letter station ID - Answer- Lower left of the station model is
Since SLP will always be close to 1000mb, the hundreds digit and thousands digit are
dropped, and the decimal point is omitted. - Answer- How do you depict millibars on a
station model?
Aviation Routine Weather Report - Answer- METARS meaning
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast - Answer- TAF meaning
METARS - Answer- ____ is used to communicate the latest observed weather to
meteorologists and aircrew so they can determine the existing weather at the
destination or alternate
Type or report - Answer- Group one of METARS is the _____
METAR - Answer- An hourly routine scheduled observation-containing wind, visibility,
runway visual range, present weather, sky condition, temperature/dew point, and alt
setting
SPECI - Answer- A special METAR type, unscheduled observation with critical changed
data
,Station Identifier - Answer- Group 2 of the METAR
K - Answer- In the continental U.S., all 3-letter identifiers are prefixed with a ____.
Date Time Group and Report Modifier - Answer- Group 3 of the METAR
C - Answer- Canadian Stations are identified with a _____
P - Answer- Pacific Stations are identified with a _____
Europe - Answer- E indicates a station is in _____
England - Answer- EG indicates a station is in _____
Italy - Answer- LI is an indication that a station is in _____
Zulu - Answer- In METARS, time of observation is always reported in _____ time
DDHHMMZ - Answer- Format for a Date Time Group in METARS
15, 55, 59 - Answer- Manual METAR observations are required to be started no earlier
than ____ minutes prior to reporting time, which is a window between ____ and ____
minutes past the hour.
COR - Answer- A corrected report has this modifier
AUTO - Answer- An automated station reports with this modifier
Wind - Answer- Group 4 of METARS
First 3 digits are direction in 10s of degrees, next is the speed, and ends with KT to
indicate knots. Gusts are rported with a G and the max speed of gusts. - Answer- How
is wind formatted in METARS?
VRB - Answer- Variable wind reporting abbreviation
Example: 22015KT 180V250 - winds from 220 degrees at 15 knots with direction
varying from 180 degrees to 250 degrees - Answer- Variable winds higher than 6 knots
reporting format
00000KT - Answer- How are calm winds reported?
RMK - Answer- Peak winds and wind shifts will be reported in the ____ section of the
METAR.
, Squalls - Answer- A sudden increase in wind speed of atleast 16 knots and sustained at
22 knots or more for at least 1 minute requires ____ be reported.
Visibility - Answer- Group 5 of the METARS
X/8SM OR M1/4 which means visibility from an automated station less than 1/4 sm. -
Answer- METARS Visibility formatting
15 - Answer- When visibility is greater than ____ sm, then it is reported in increments of
5.
Runway Visual Range - Answer- Group 6 of the METARS is
RVR is reported whenever the prevailing visibility is 1sm or less or the RVR for the
runway is less than 6k feet. RVR is reported in increments of 200 feet through 3k feet,
then 500 foot increments. R04/4500FT means runway 04 has 4500 feet of visibility. -
Answer- Reporting format for RVR
Present Weather - Answer- Group 7 of METARS
- - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Light
NONE - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Moderate
+ - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Heavy
VC - Answer- Weather abbreviation for in the vicinity
MI - Answer- Weather abbreviation for shallow
PR - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Partial
BC - Answer- Weather abbreviation for patches
DR - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Low drifting
SH - Answer- Weather abbreviation for showers
TS - Answer- Weather abbreviation for thunderstorm
FZ - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Freezing
DZ - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Drizzle
RA - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Rain
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
When clouds are at the surface, - Answer- When is VV or obscured reported?
Height - Answer- The last 3 digits report the ____ of the vertical visibility when in
obscured cloud coverage.
Chart Pressure System - Answer- When horizontal distribution of pressure across the
Earth's surface is depicted on weather charts by isobars, or lines of equal barometric
pressure.
Surface Analysis Chart - Answer- This chart depicts pressure centers, fronts, and
barometric pressure lines.
Prognostic Charts - Answer- These charts include the latest surface analysis along with
multiple forecasts for up to a week.
5 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one half-tack
10 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one full tack
50 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one triangle
15 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with one half tack and one full tack
60 kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with a triangle and full tack.
25G30kts - Answer- Speed of a wind barb with a 30 on top, two full tacks and one half
tack.
Gusts - Answer- What is on the top or tip of the wind barb
Coming from - Answer- The tip of the wind barb points in the direction the wind is
_____.
Calm or variable winds - Answer- A circle with no barb line indicates _____
Flight Category Cover - Answer- The color of a wind barb circle indicates
,LIFR - Answer- A purple Flight Cat color
IFR - Answer- Red Flight Cat Color
MVFR - Answer- Blue Flight Cat Color
VFR - Answer- Green Flight Cat Color
VFR Non-ceiling clouds below 3000 feet - Answer- Green Flight Cat Color, yellow ring
A percentage of cloud cover with a pie chart in the circle - Answer- Flt Cat/Cover is
indicated as
Temperature - Answer- Upper left of a station model is
Weather and visibility in miles - Answer- Left of the station model is
Dew Point Temperature - Answer- Lower left of the station model is
Altimeter setting as teh last three digits in in-Hg - Answer- Upper right of the station
model is
Cloud Ceiling plotted in hundres of feet - Answer- To the right of the station model is
The 4 letter station ID - Answer- Lower left of the station model is
Since SLP will always be close to 1000mb, the hundreds digit and thousands digit are
dropped, and the decimal point is omitted. - Answer- How do you depict millibars on a
station model?
Aviation Routine Weather Report - Answer- METARS meaning
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast - Answer- TAF meaning
METARS - Answer- ____ is used to communicate the latest observed weather to
meteorologists and aircrew so they can determine the existing weather at the
destination or alternate
Type or report - Answer- Group one of METARS is the _____
METAR - Answer- An hourly routine scheduled observation-containing wind, visibility,
runway visual range, present weather, sky condition, temperature/dew point, and alt
setting
SPECI - Answer- A special METAR type, unscheduled observation with critical changed
data
,Station Identifier - Answer- Group 2 of the METAR
K - Answer- In the continental U.S., all 3-letter identifiers are prefixed with a ____.
Date Time Group and Report Modifier - Answer- Group 3 of the METAR
C - Answer- Canadian Stations are identified with a _____
P - Answer- Pacific Stations are identified with a _____
Europe - Answer- E indicates a station is in _____
England - Answer- EG indicates a station is in _____
Italy - Answer- LI is an indication that a station is in _____
Zulu - Answer- In METARS, time of observation is always reported in _____ time
DDHHMMZ - Answer- Format for a Date Time Group in METARS
15, 55, 59 - Answer- Manual METAR observations are required to be started no earlier
than ____ minutes prior to reporting time, which is a window between ____ and ____
minutes past the hour.
COR - Answer- A corrected report has this modifier
AUTO - Answer- An automated station reports with this modifier
Wind - Answer- Group 4 of METARS
First 3 digits are direction in 10s of degrees, next is the speed, and ends with KT to
indicate knots. Gusts are rported with a G and the max speed of gusts. - Answer- How
is wind formatted in METARS?
VRB - Answer- Variable wind reporting abbreviation
Example: 22015KT 180V250 - winds from 220 degrees at 15 knots with direction
varying from 180 degrees to 250 degrees - Answer- Variable winds higher than 6 knots
reporting format
00000KT - Answer- How are calm winds reported?
RMK - Answer- Peak winds and wind shifts will be reported in the ____ section of the
METAR.
, Squalls - Answer- A sudden increase in wind speed of atleast 16 knots and sustained at
22 knots or more for at least 1 minute requires ____ be reported.
Visibility - Answer- Group 5 of the METARS
X/8SM OR M1/4 which means visibility from an automated station less than 1/4 sm. -
Answer- METARS Visibility formatting
15 - Answer- When visibility is greater than ____ sm, then it is reported in increments of
5.
Runway Visual Range - Answer- Group 6 of the METARS is
RVR is reported whenever the prevailing visibility is 1sm or less or the RVR for the
runway is less than 6k feet. RVR is reported in increments of 200 feet through 3k feet,
then 500 foot increments. R04/4500FT means runway 04 has 4500 feet of visibility. -
Answer- Reporting format for RVR
Present Weather - Answer- Group 7 of METARS
- - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Light
NONE - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Moderate
+ - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Heavy
VC - Answer- Weather abbreviation for in the vicinity
MI - Answer- Weather abbreviation for shallow
PR - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Partial
BC - Answer- Weather abbreviation for patches
DR - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Low drifting
SH - Answer- Weather abbreviation for showers
TS - Answer- Weather abbreviation for thunderstorm
FZ - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Freezing
DZ - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Drizzle
RA - Answer- Weather abbreviation for Rain
