June 8, 20251 yr I found this quite a tough exam. You're provided with 2 charts of the UK and nearby Europe, the 1st chart (4th link) is a fairly normal looking synoptic charts, with isobars, fronts etc, but overlayed with "Station Circles", basically a method of showing up the weather that appears in a METAR. The 1st link shows you how the information on a station circle is laid out, and once you've learnt that, it's fairly easy to decode them. Outside of this exam - I've never seen a station circle in my life! The second chart (5th link) is the same airspace, but with station circles only. By examining the the pressure settings in the station circles, you draw in the isobars, which can be tricky over the Atlantic and North sea where there aren't many stations. Then by examining pressure, dew point and wind direction changes, you draw in the Fronts, usually a Warm and Cold front. Then using the synoptic chart you've created, formulate a forecast for a 2 hour flight (in this case Paris to Hamburg Question 5), stating where you'll cross the fronts (which are also moving), and the weather to be expected. Then they throw in a couple of airfields (Bristol and Frankfurt this paper), and effectively ask you to produce a 7 hour TAF to forecast the weather expected during the requested period. You really hope the synoptic chart you've created is accurate, otherwise it goes downhill fast! 2nd and 3rd link are the questions. https://postimg.cc/JGWKbvgg https://postimg.cc/dh1fy8Mx https://postimg.cc/xN8sz2hb https://postimg.cc/V5t0zTd7 https://postimg.cc/SjLQTpXp
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