Meteorology B

[mg]

Hi,
Will METAR be tested? I couldn't tell from the rules.
MG

[robotman]

metar has the possiblity of being tested it was on my states test three years ago

it is would be classified under section K or section J

here is a very basic METAR info/decoding
http://scioly.org/wiki/Everyday_Weather#METAR

here is the list i acually learned from
Metar Info

And here is a Metar Data Access[
Metar Data Access

Here is a full listing of data access codes to chose from
ICAO codes

[mg]

thanks those really help
MG

[gsimmons12345]

do you get to do experiments with weather or is it just a boring test

[brobo]

what type of expirements would you do
its just a test. most events are, and so are all of the events under "study events"

[robotman]

do you get to do experiments with weather or is it just a boring test

there are some tests that do have a "practical application" portion it normally is just IDing instrurments or something similar but no acual experiments per say

[EastStroudsburg13]

In terms of experiments, you may have to read a meteograph, interpret a weather map, or identify clouds and the weather they associate with, but really that's the most experimenty they get. You could also get the IDing instruments and identify weather patterns from the instruments' data, but since it's not a lab event, there's really no experiment. And I think in the rules it says there's a test.

[brobo]

I haven't had to do any type of experiment in any of the tests I've taken.

[robotman]

The tests in the wiki are a good starting point but dont think that that is all you need to know

soon their should be a fairly good test/ review sometime soon that will hopefully cover everything needed

[robotman]

some suggestions for your cheat sheet
1. It should only be for what you forget easily not for your knowledge base
2.Font size should be easy to quickly for most people five is the smallest to go and still conserve quick reading
3. Dedicate one side to charts, graphs and pictures and the other to text.
4. Print it on card stock it holds the ink better making it easier to read
5. Only put what you need this saves time when you are looking for info during the test
6.Chart/graph/picture size is of the essence make it big enough to read but not much bigger
7. Remember word can change the margin size and you can normally ignore the printer warning about margins being unprintable
8.Remember that font sizes can go up by .5