once again, this weatherman approves. One edit tho. BECMG isn't a tempo line, it just means the change is happening more gradually. TEMPO means conditions in that line are expected to occur no longer than 30min during the time indicated. Example from Scott AFB: BECMG 3017/3018 17018KT 6000 -SHRA OVC020 QNH2931INS TEMPO 3018/3022 VRB25G35KT 1600 +TSRA OVC015CB. BECMG 3017/3018 means that between 17Z and 18Z we'll see the conditions in that TAF line become predominate. TEMPO 3018/3022 means that from 18Z to 22Z we'll see those conditions occur at some point, but not last longer than 30min if/when they occur. Air Force TAF's keep TEMPO lines as a separate line. During a TEMPO time, you can expect the previous BECMG line to still be valid, but that the TEMPO is expected as well.
Thanks man! This is a great update. I knew that the becoming lines weren’t technically “tempo,” but I didn’t realize the reason. I’ll pin this to the top so there’s no confusion!
Even as a private pilot (as of the 15th of this month) I still enjoy watching your videos just so I don’t ever forget all this information. Also, I want to thank you man. Your simplistic and visual approaches helped me pass my oral exam. So thank you so much man!
I laughed when I read a METAR today because when I seen BR I started singing baby rain. LOL Thank you so much you have made my PPL journey really fun and easy 😂
Great videos. Helped a lot. Thank you . And no, those who came up with those “weird” codes were not “idiots”. We just need to find out for ourselves. BR is code for Brume, French word for Mist. Likewise PY meant to indicate Pulveriser (Spray), FM is fumigation (Smoke).
Hilarious bro. Killing me with the dad jokes! Did you know that extreme camping is in tents? Also, Prince : "Baby Rain! Baaaaby Rain" LMAO! But I will never forget it ;)
Was about to cry out of frustration but your explanation (using the SAME EXACT TAF in the PPTP) helped quell my internal drama! And the 🎤baby rain🎵 at the end made me laugh! Will definitely be referring to your videos for the remainder of my ground school. Thank you!
@@FreePilotTraining I’m working on my private in Phoenix Arizona currently, hoping to go all the way through to multi engine commercial most nights. I fall asleep with your videos on loop. Very relaxing and informative.
Dude Slp 136 come on my Dog !! sea level pressure. The sea level pressure allows pilots to calibrate their altimeters to make sure they are accurate. Love Ya Bro!! Keep up the good work
Brouillard means mist (BR) or fog in French. I guess they don’t distinguish the two. Fumée means smoke (FU). Grêle means hail (GR). As for the other weird ones, idk how they came up with them
I guess we have to thank the French for many of our aviation terminologies. Aileron means “little wing” or “fin.” Fuselage, from the French fusele, meaning “spindle-shaped.” Empennage, from the French verb empenner, which means “to feather an arrow.” (Source: Wikipedia, naturally!) Thanks for the other information, Willybots. Very interesting.
no to forget the usual ones: Mayday : "M'aidez".....or Pan... "Panne" it's funy because here in France people complain there are too many english words in aviation !! :-)
Brilliant man, i learned about metars a few years ago, so i could decipher the atis callouts for my local airport for when i went plane spotting with my scanner, its about a 10 mile driving difference between one end of the runway and the other, so depending on whether you wanted planes landing over you, or taking off over you, was easy for me to work out while i was on the motorway, and told me which exit to jump off at, (motorway being highway in America) im in the uk As i mentioned yesterday though, im going for my ppl this year, so this is information i need to brush up on, i havent even started ground school yet, but i already got a head start
It turns out that BR and many of the other mysterious METAR abbreviations are French, according to the web page of CFI Darren Smith. After calling up a bunch of weather bureas, he came up with this legend: BR Mist "Brume" PO Dust/Sand Whirls "poussiere" MI Shallow "mince" FU Smoke "fumée" GR Hail "grêle" GS Small Hail or Snow Pellets "gresil"
🎵 Baby Rain, Baby Rain 🎵 😃 Seriously, though, if anyone is wondering how ICAO came up with FU, BR, GR, etc., it helps to know French. The ICAO is headquartered in Montreal, after all. And, strictly speaking, mist is more of a baby fog than a baby rain. If the visibility is less than 5/8 of a statute mile, it's fog, otherwise, it's mist.
😆 classic! That’s very interesting. I had no idea that’s where those came from and great point on the fog. I actually didn’t know that! Thanks for the comment!
Back in the days there was a competition between on which language to use for international aviation standards. Obviously English won but some stuff remains. Like this BR which comes the French translation of mist: Brume. Same as GR which comes from French “Grêle”
According to lounge legend the odd letters in the weather code date back to the early days of aviation and they stand for th French name of the phenomenon. Hit me up sometime for where "gaffer" and "grip" come from. 👍
@@FreePilotTraining Just came across a cool fun fact. PO comes from the french word "poudre" (dust). Just like BR for mist (brouillard) and GR for hail (grêle).
My personal suggestion: Video on all Wx topics needed for Cross country. Checklist in sequence (Aip ref, Taf, Metar, Fss,upper level winds, icing charts, Atis), will have practical usability for students. Such checklist still not available.
@@FreePilotTraining I love your videos!!! I'm going through my private pilot training. Missing my long cross-country. Having trouble understanding radio communications but I'll get there.
Even though you probably have already have found out. I want to let you know that gr, fu, and br are in relation to the french name of those phénomenas gr( grèle) hail, fu is fumée or smoke and br (brume) or mist. Got no Fn clue about the py either though!
Wait, the Metar said AUTO at the beginning and RMK A02 at the end and you said A02 means a person checked it but AUTO means it’s completely automated and no one checked it.
I'm looking for a video that would help me learn how to decode a GFA, I watched your other video that briefly touched on GFA map, but did;t go into details.
Lesson 40. Time 11:53 into the video. Metar for KLCQ. 7sm is ok for VFR and so is bkn ceiling of 120. But if I got-ra and 15/15 for temp and deposit, I'm sorry but I'm not going up.
I find it very strange to indicate where the wind comes from. I find it more natural to indicate where the particles are flowing to. But I guess it's the same with electricity. Electrons flow from minus to plus, yet we treat it the other way around in theoretical calculations. So there is a "technical wind direction" opposed to the natural direction of the gas.
I believe they do that because it makes it easier to pick a runway. If winds are 180/3 I pick runway 18 and that makes sense. I said it to be funny, but the army really does report the wind direction in “to” sometimes when we do airdrops. We have to clarify all the time because that can mess up our calculations
If the airport you are at has a pattern altitude of 1,000 ft but you've got a ceiling at 800 ft would that be considered marginal VFR, Marginal IFR or just IFR since you can't climb high enough to reach traffic pattern altitude?
great video! as far as the vfr cloud/visibility minimums go is that just a standard rule? i know they change depending on what airspace your in. thanks!
Hi, I wanna start out and say thank you for creating this channel. However can you explain a question I have. On timestamp 12:00 to 12:20 you said this was eligible for vfr, however I thought the minimum is 1000 agl and min of 3sm. But it was 700 agl and 7 sm so I thought it couldn’t be vfr. Hopefully that makes sense and you can clear some doubts I have.
Thanks! Great question! What you are referring to is often called Basic VFR and it only applies to class B,C,D and E airspace goes to the surface (Far 91.157) Airports in Class G at the surface are only subject to 1 coc in most situations. Should you take off with ceilings less than 1,000 feet at these airports? It might not be smart, but it can be legal.
Do you have a Patreon account thankful students can donate to or should I just plan on buying some sweet gear? PS, can you do a video on how you came up with your logo and catch phrase.
At 3 minutes in, you discuss Zulu time and say you are 5 hours plus; Is 0153 not 1:53 am? If it is 1:53 am, plus 5, wouldn't that make it 6:53 am rather than 8:53 pm? What am I missing here??
Thanks for clarifying. Fantastic video by the way. Even though I already have my certificate, I enjoy keeping my knowledge base up to date with your easy to understand approach.
Not sure what that code at the end is, but SLP143 stands for Sea Level pressure. Add 10 to digits less than 500 and 9 if they are over 500. The last number is a decimal. In this example, your QNH is 1014.3 MB
