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ATPL Met and AFT notes
Looking to do ATPL Met in the next few weeks, for those that have done it recently did they find the AFT (Higgins) notes satisfactory and also were the practice exams in the notes close to the actual exam?
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The BOM manual was included when I purchased the AFT notes for Met. As usual from AFT the notes are spot on and you'll probably see a good portion of the practice questions in the exam.
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The Met Manual was also included in my AFT notes. I've just done the exam, the AFT stuff is spot on. Do all the practice exams and you'll find most of the questions in the real exam are very similar.
Another point to note (been said loads) read the question. Sometimes they ask you things like what does x and y do in the northern hemisphere. I almost got tripped up here, as of course it was opposite to the southern. Little things like that to watch out for.
Know your SIGWX charts well, formation of thunderstorms and Know DALR and SALR calcs and definitions. Also a few questions on continental air masses, types of icing to expected and know how to read TAFS (TEMPO, INTER etc) very well. They ask a few questions on that and you need to be able to decipher them well.
Thats about all I can remember. Good luck!
Another point to note (been said loads) read the question. Sometimes they ask you things like what does x and y do in the northern hemisphere. I almost got tripped up here, as of course it was opposite to the southern. Little things like that to watch out for.
Know your SIGWX charts well, formation of thunderstorms and Know DALR and SALR calcs and definitions. Also a few questions on continental air masses, types of icing to expected and know how to read TAFS (TEMPO, INTER etc) very well. They ask a few questions on that and you need to be able to decipher them well.
Thats about all I can remember. Good luck!
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from memory ull get a few 2 or 3 markers i think, all on TTF's
just remember that TTF's is valid over the top of a TAF for its validity
apart from that it was piss easy, i got 96% in about 20minutes
quite a few quesiton on high level weather charts, and those grid charts (both in AIP's)
higgins notes were spot on, had seen quite a few of the quesitons before hand, especially the quesiton about the best conditions for a dust storm over adelaide I think it was
just remember that TTF's is valid over the top of a TAF for its validity
apart from that it was piss easy, i got 96% in about 20minutes
quite a few quesiton on high level weather charts, and those grid charts (both in AIP's)
higgins notes were spot on, had seen quite a few of the quesitons before hand, especially the quesiton about the best conditions for a dust storm over adelaide I think it was
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wats the dust storm question over adelaide? i got met in 2 days eep. i remeber a question that was like theres high over middle australia and a cold front comming from the west from over oceans??? something to do with that.......??
yeh piece of piss aviator, I did it over 2 weeks, bout 2 hours a day average (maybe a little less) and had no problems with the exam, > 90%. Just do as many practice questions as you can.
When used in conjunction with the met manual vol 2 you'll walk into the exam with complete knowledge of the syllabus.
When used in conjunction with the met manual vol 2 you'll walk into the exam with complete knowledge of the syllabus.
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I did pass with 83% - I always struggle with MET exams!
About three weeks study, two-three hours a day, practice exams, restudy weak areas, retest, etc. BOM Aviation Meteorology Manual, plus a brush up on CPL stuff (Bob Tait)
G'luck!
About three weeks study, two-three hours a day, practice exams, restudy weak areas, retest, etc. BOM Aviation Meteorology Manual, plus a brush up on CPL stuff (Bob Tait)
G'luck!
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Before I start a new thread I'll try to see if digging up this older thread (the most relevant I can find on the matter) manages to capture the desired attention.
I recently sat and failed AMET. I did study but I probably should have put it off a bit when I was called to do some crazy hours leading up to and including exam day.
OK excuses aside I'd like to get some insight on a few issues. My KDR leads me to believe that I got the following question (plus many others) wrong:
This is obviously a Jet Stream question and my initial thought was to Descend but then I got a bit too smart for my own good and thought that a climb made more sense. What I want to know is why the temperature is increasing. Having started in the warmer air column to the North (which causes the thermal wind which in turn does the coriolis trick and becomes the Jet Stream) why is the temp increasing?
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I recently sat and failed AMET. I did study but I probably should have put it off a bit when I was called to do some crazy hours leading up to and including exam day.
OK excuses aside I'd like to get some insight on a few issues. My KDR leads me to believe that I got the following question (plus many others) wrong:
A crew flying south at FL370 over Australia notice a steadily increasing temperature and a strong increase in a Westerly wind. What should they do to avoid CAT:
- Climb,
- Descend,
- Nothing or
- some stupid idea
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Been many years since ATPL but I believe CAT is when a cold front meets a warm front, hence the rising temp, then the cold air being denser tends to stay closer to the ground. It forces it's way under the warm air causing turbulent air to rise quite high above and behind the the leading edge of the cold front.
Therefore my guess would be you would have been correct if you had elected to descend.
Therefore my guess would be you would have been correct if you had elected to descend.
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So, if you're maintaining FL370 and heading south with OAT temperature increasing, this means the tropopause is getting lower as you head south. And if the CAT occurs in the vicinity of the tropopause, then by maintaining FL370, you are infact distancing yourself from the area of CAT.
Thus, in answering the question, "do nothing" would seem to be the correct answer, but as always, I'm happy to be corrected.
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Having said that, there are some similarities as well between CPL and ATPL Met, for example, the type of icing (rime vs clear) you get in particular cloud types and what their temperature ranges, decoding of TAFs and Metars and so on.
Good luck with it.