MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019
Instructor: Philip Greenspun, Tina Srivastava
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This lecture covered topics in understanding various weather reports and forecasts, and introduced graphic weather products.

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0:00 Introduction
0:39 Definitions
2:16 Don't Despair, Use Softwair
7:35 Reports vs. Forecasts
8:36 Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR)
10:45 Aviation Routine Weather Report METAR
12:26 Aviation Weather.gov
12:37 Request METAR
13:23 Read METAR
18:25 Pilot Weather Reports PIREPS
24:01 SIGMET Example
24:52 Convective SIGMET WST
25:08 Weather Depiction Chart
27:06 Radar Summary Chart
28:46 Surface Analysis Chart
32:21 Aviation Weather Center
33:59 Private web sites
39:27 Mobile Apps
41:26 Garmin Pilot
42:40 Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service HIWAS
47:05 DIY ADSB Receiver!
50:06 Questions?