- link to previous progress check: [[Eddie Jackson Instrument EOC Oral]] # Progress Check Passed :) # Recheck Items from Previous Progress Check - [[Eddie Jackson Instrument EOC Oral#Weather Information|Weather Information]] - [[Eddie Jackson Instrument EOC Oral#Cross Country Flight Planning|Cross Country Flight Planning]] - [[Eddie Jackson Instrument EOC Oral#Approach Procedures|Approach Procedures]] # Weather Information - good job on convective SIGMET - IFR conditions would be a ceiling below 1,000 feet not 2,000 feet - aim 7-1-7 1. **LIFR (Low IFR).** Ceiling less than 500 feet and/or visibility less than 1 mile. 2. **IFR.** Ceiling 500 to less than 1,000 feet and/or visibility 1 to less than 3 miles. 3. **MVFR (Marginal VFR).** Ceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or visibility 3 to 5 miles inclusive. 4. **VFR.** Ceiling greater than 3,000 feet and visibility greater than 5 miles; includes sky clear. - AIRMETs are issued every 6 hours not 4 hours - they are released starting at 0245z - Stated SIGMET 6 hours, but actually 4 hours - surface analysis - good job - METAR - good job - remember RAE indicates: - RA: Rain - E: Ended - TAF - remember that a TEMPO is not an amendment, it is something that is released when the TAF is released - TEMPOrary: changes expected for <1 hour and in total, < half of the period between the 2-digit date and 2-digit hour beginning, and 2-digit date and 2- digit hour ending time - from [TAF Key](https://www.weather.gov/media/okx/Aviation/TAF_Card.pdf) - all that it means is something is going to be temporarily occuring during the period - stated that ice cream cone meant freezing levels - this is rain showers - if the air parcel is more moist it would require a lower lapse rate to be unstable # Cross Country Flight Planning - good job # Approach Procedures - good job