Practice question
Under what meteorological conditions is an aerodrome meteorological office required to issue a SPECI (Special Meteorological Report) rather than waiting for the next routine METAR?
- When weather parameters deteriorate or improve across operational threshold criteria, such as significant wind shifts (>= 30° at >= 10 kt), visibility crossing key minima (800/1500/3000/5000 m), or onset of thunderstorms
- Whenever the airport barometric pressure changes by exactly 0.1 hPa
- At exactly 15 minutes past every hour regardless of weather conditions
- Only when an aircraft declares a formal fuel emergency on frequency
Answer: A — When weather parameters deteriorate or improve across operational threshold criteria, such as significant wind shifts (>= 30° at >= 10 kt), visibility crossing key minima (800/1500/3000/5000 m), or onset of thunderstorms
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