Join Matt and guest presenters Simon Keeling (weather school) and Darren Hardy (CAA) for a 75 minute canter through weather fronts, TAFs and METARs. Our expert panel can help you improve your weather knowledge and preparation also, as a result, your flying performance.

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Here’s a breakdown of the workshop -

Q&A is scattered throughout!

00:08:05 - Weather Fronts

00:10:15 - Frontal Chart - Warm Front

00:11:56 - Clouds

00:13:43 - Warm Sectors

00:14:46 - Frontal Chart - Cold Front

00:16:14 - Post Cold Front

00:16:44 - Frontal Chart - Occluded Front

00:17:37 - Nimbostratus Clouds

00:25:50 - Intro to TAFs and METARs

00:28:50 - Decode

00:38:30 - METAR Example

00:42:27 - TAF Example

00:44:55 - Change Groups

00:47:13 - TAF Amendments

01:00:00 - Quiz!

The resources and information in this video were current at the time of script finalisation. Please use the most up to date version of resources, many of which can be found on www.astralaviationconsulting.com or www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/