The most important AVIATION WEATHER ABBREVIATIONS! Explained by CAPTAIN JOE

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Dear friends and followers, welcome back to my channel!
Today we'll be looking at the most important aviation weather abbreviations. You have to know these otherwise it'll be a little embarrassing infront of your captain. Practice these as the will pop up every now and then during your weather briefings.
ATIS - Automatic Terminal Information Service
AWOS - Automatic Weather Observing/Reporting System
BECMG - Becoming
BKN - Broken
BLZD - Blizzard
CAT - Clear Air Turbulence
CAVOK - Clouds and Visibility OK
DRZL - Drizzle
DWPNT - Dew Point
EMBDD - Embedded
EXTREM - Extreme
FA - Area Forecast
FEW - Few
FRST - Frost
GNDFG - Ground Fog
GSTS - Gusts
HLSTO - Hailstones
HUREP - Hurricane Report
ICG - Icing
IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions
LTG - Lightning
METAR - Meteorological Aerodrome Report / Aviation Routine Weather Report
MOD - Moderate
NGT - Night
NSW - No Significant Weather
OVC - Overcast
PO - Dust / Sand Whirls
PROB 30 - Probability 30%
RMK - Remark
SCT - Scattered
SEV - Severe
SKC - Sky Clear
SNW - Snow
SQLN - Squall Line
STM - Storm
TAF - Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
Tempo - Temporary
THDR - Thunder
TS - Thunderstorm
UWNDS - Upper Winds
VA - Volcanic Ash
VSBY - Visibility
WS - Wind Shear
WSR - Wet Snow on Runway
XCP - Expect
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[@flywithcaptainjoe]

DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE ANOTHER VIDEO about the abbreviations in NOTAMS and COCKPIT INSTURMENTS? Please like the video and comment "YES" below this comment! Thanks!

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[@arpitasaharan7431]

Definitely yes sir

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[@StevenWx]

Same, everytime when I spotted an A380 and B747 flying above me, I'm gonna screaming *PILOT ALEXANDER AND CAPTAIN JOE!!!*

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Lol.

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[@jan-lukas]

I like those explanations like "when you get wet, but it isn't really raining", because this way I understand words like "drizzle" too

[@vinctendo_tv]

Same, I was like "what is drizzle? I've never heard it before" than he explains it and me "ahhh that's 'Niesel(regen)' in german" and now for somehow they sound a bit similar to me xD

[@LisztyLiszt]

"When you get wet, but it isn't really raining". That's what she said....

[@lbendo4197]

@@vinctendo_tv ging mir genauso :')

[@terrainaheadpullup3092]

drizzle is when the raindrops/droplets are below 0.5mm in diameter rain is when the raindrops are more than 0.5mm in diameter

[@jamsistired]

I call it misting but drizzle works to

[@LACSACR]

8:01 PO comes from the french word "poudre" (dust). Just like BR for mist (brouillard) and GR for hail (grêle).

[@cray-zgamer6498]

poudre means powder

[@valeriewilson4729]

Negative. PO comes from the French word “poussière” meaning dust. Yes, BR is mist, (brume) rather than brouillard, FG, which is fog. It can be confusing as some abbreviations come from French words and some from English.

[@aspiringcaptain]

Waaa bravo t’as utilisé un accent! En tout cas, je te félicite

[@gstanley17]

rumor has it that Joe will heart this comment.

[@deansartorel5570]

The madlad

[@MalaysianAviator737-8]

Congrats

[@samkad2343]

If you're reading this comment, then I hope you will stay safe, healthy and are bunkered down. You're a great person, and we will ALL get through this, have a superb day. And happy Thursday.

[@fizzahkhan5]

SamKad we appreciate ppl like you thanks for being such a great being 🙏☺️ some ppl just need kind words from someone :)

[@its.rfscannel9338]

pretty gone now (the virus)

[@varunbabu2596]

Love how u used a shot from the new microsoft flight simulator when talking about ICG

[@BSSchumacher]

Noticed that too, sneaky :D

[@Matt-mv5tt]

I noticed that too! Could recognize that TBM shot anyday

[@varunbabu2596]

Matt haha yea

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Well spotted!!

[@francesca112]

I will loop watch at this video say 1 million times so that I can remember them for my license 👍

[@lfox02]

I quite like this format! It's like a gameshow, so instead of just having the information given to you, you have a few moments to guess and it makes you more likely to remember!

[@valiokeys]

I completed a course for a professional drone pilot couple of years ago, and we were learning how to read TAF and METAR, the ones that will relate to flying a drone, and I was surprised myself how many I actually remembered. I didn't guessed about 6-7 here that I've never came across before like CAT, IGS, HUREP, WSR. That was a great video Joe! Stay safe.

[@noah9130]

Valio keys They seem to be using multiple abbreviations for the same thing. I have never seen SNW in a METAR or TAF for example. It's more common to see just SN. For me, the abbreviation of gusts is not GSTS but only G. If saw GSTS I would rather say Gresil and Thunderstorm...

[@tufan759]

As a pilot, whoever asks me how to prepare themselves for cadet program interviews, I highly recommend them to watch ALL of your aviation videos. If I were the man in the interviews, I would prepare my questions from your videos. They are all good and easy to understand for nonaviatiors. Keep up the good work!

[@santiagolorenzo8547]

Of course we want another video about this content it's so amazing, I'm a commercial pilot and those abbreviations are very common in every flight, don't forget to add NOSIG, no significant changes in the next 2 hours, I think is one of my fav. Big hug from Argentina Captain! Cheers!

[@november_alfa]

Perfect! Just started my basic course to become an Air Traffic Controller in Vienna... Thanks for the great timing ^^

[@carlosramirezvazquez7182]

Who in here sees captain Joe as your own instructor !?

[@armanlakha9200]

Who needs flight instructor fees!!!!???

[@jennifernguyen7573]

Im actually in flight school as of right now and am so glad Cpt Joe makes these kind of videos rlly helps!!

[@safgamer2132]

Me

[@johncb_ho]

thank god u posted, boredom’s killing me pretty bad..

[@diamond2654]

Mr. Ho I hate quarantine

[@TheChidi14]

4:21 Culombonimbus? Did I hear that right?

[@abdullahsulaiman6887]

You guys aren't alone

[@fh3486]

@@diamond2654 mr. Ho. Are u an asian descent

[@diamond2654]

mr. JH nah I’m AMERICAN

[@lorenzopappatico]

11:00 that's Trieste in Italy, it's where I live. Thank you for the informative videos, I'm not a pilot nor related to the aviation world in any way, but it's a world that interests me and you are always very informative in an easy way to understand. Thank you and stay safe out there in these crazy times.

[@abdallahali1505]

captain joe you dont know what your doing is helping me a lot, I'm doing flight school in a few months and you help me and motivate me to go their and achieve my goal

[@jameswong381]

Weather abbreviations, I’m only 15 and I want to be a pilot. This would be really useful! Cheers from America!

[@Artistic_StayofSkz]

Same as u only difference is i'm 17.

[@clementtremblay9056]

It's the same for me, except that I'm in Canada

[@Benni_Khay_Music]

Saaame

[@tranquilhawk5110]

James Wong I’m 13 and I want to become a pilot also good luck in your journey

[@derjxhnny7968]

@@clementtremblay9056 Which technically is in America.

[@husainpoonawala6659]

Hey Capt I knew all these abbreviations as I learned in my Flight Dispatcher Training n thanks for the video as I got to recall all these 🥰😊

[@TurboMathieu]

Awesome video I was looking to get into weather and that helps a lot! Thank you

[@danielmitchell3807]

Greatly timed video just as I'm studying all my METAR's and TAF's at the moment, great video as always Joe!

[@mehtiahmedov6828]

I am an ATC from Tashkent Int. (UTTT), and I always with pleasure like to watching your videos! And although I know all abbreviations too!!! And I already looking forward to delivery of your awesome "red before flight tag")))

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Mehti Ahmedov Oh wow, I’ve probably had you on ATC then! I fly over Tashkent quite regularly

[@mehtiahmedov6828]

@@flywithcaptainjoe Oh that's great! I am the only one controller who tells to pilots "Sir", like: "Goodmorning Sir Tashkent Control Identified;)

[@drummerwoman8760]

Hope you & yours are safe, healthy, & flying high when possible. -Daughter of “Legacy” Eastern Air Lines Captain.

[@kommandant.357]

Thanks for the video Joe. I knowed a few of them so a lot of learning to go! Thanks Joe!

[@NuhadMannan]

Thank you for sharing these common abbreviation used daily in aviation! I like your remove before flight key tag Captain Joe!

[@emmanuelkurek-chomycz8840]

Hi Captain Joe! The volcano I think you were talking about in Iceland that erupted in 2010 is called: Eyjafjallajökull

[@kedapofeng8993]

6:02 I see you've been following the new sim, Joe.

[@noemierouchon597]

I just love you. I really do. Thanks you so much for everything you're doing in your channel, it really helps me to understand a lot of aviation's concepts, and I really hope you will keep doing stuffs like that :)

[@giuseppemarino5362]

Pure inspiration... Thank you so much Captain Joe

[@haraldehrling8528]

Joseph what's a compressor stall?

[@francesko3968]

Wow, yes, I did it! I'm surprised that without mistake, cause I have got just PPL not ATPL yet.

[@kpn574]

Thank you. I am not a pilot but keen on aviation. These explanations are so informative and interesting.

[@aspiringcaptain]

Captain Joe, you have no idea how much you have helped me with little things abt planes so I can actually keep up a convo with my brother (he’s a pilot) and his collegues

[@Bartaaron04]

3:39 yay that’s one of the planes of my flight school and I’m potentionally gonna fly it in a few days

[@incsuinuka5941]

nemnem. flight school closed

[@Bartaaron04]

Incsu Inuka nemnem, ahova járok úgy másfél hete újra kinyitott

[@incsuinuka5941]

@@Bartaaron04 ???? akkor az enyém miért nem? :(

[@Bartaaron04]

Incsu Inuka nem tudom, nekünk az operatív törzs elvileg megengedte, mi se értük miért, de örülünk neki 😃

[@privskorp.9865]

You teach very well,more than mine flight school😂

[@kaesarromanova1876]

I’m a captain in an airline with more than 9000 h and I watch all your videos! The way you explain is better than any book available in the market! Thank you my friend

[@raniaaydemir2534]

Always after watching your videos , I say to my self I don't feel that I want to sleep tonight , I am excited to learn for hours . Thanks Joe , you are the best

[@bhaveshpawar4826]

Hey joe love from India....❤❤

[@shikhrrr6275]

Hey Joe are you carrying those keychains in your 747 as CARGO😅😅

[@armanlakha9200]

Love the video Joe! Keep up the good work

[@fengminjia2601]

Thank you captain Joe,it’s really helpful .Every weather briefing class i feel so tough.But now i can understand those abbreviations.👍👍

[@kaiastley]

Love these type of videos, keep going!

[@shikhrrr6275]

1:02 was that Kennedy Steve in your intro??

[@nerdoron]

Yes

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

No!

[@nerdoron]

Captain Joe really? Really sounded like it

[@John_Be]

That ATC does work at JFK. He's Kennedy Steve's polar opposite Kennedy Jack. Think good cop Bad cop. There are MULTIPLE videos of that dude being rude to pilots.

[@ismailzainab9537]

I really love my captain joe, I now have a knowledge of at least quarter of what I will be taught in flight school before I have even joined, this is amazing

[@BartoloChoa]

Very easy to understand, however very condensed information. Thanks for your outstanding devotion for aviation. Cheers from Newfoundland.

[@haraldehrling8528]

I'm gonna be honest I only knew about 15 of those -that's a shame

[@attilasawert2510]

I had to laugh at the end😅

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Mr Wonder That was the idea😉

[@gamkousa9632]

Great to know someone who shares his expertise. Thx Joe

[@martintheiss4038]

An experienced cargo pilot

[@nevillebharucha9329]

Got all of them. Tks for the refresher.

[@joyalvarghese5985]

5:16 HEART BROKEN :/ #rip

[@diegogarcia2515]

I LOVE THAT AVIATION IS ORGANIZED AND STRICT, REALLY LOVE THAT, from that we are responsible.

[@marcolopez4059]

Hello colleague, excellent video for those enthusiast and BCMG pilots. I knew all the abbreviations and as an A320 Fam type rated pilot I have crossed with each one you have mentioned. Good flights!

[@747Pilot]

Amazing Video Joe.! ALL of them were familier :) Looking forward for the next one !

[@thebestparcometre5572]

I was told in flight school (Canada) that CAVOK means CEILING and Visiblility OK instead of Clouds and Visibility OK. Is it right?

[@kaiquehatake]

Here in Brazil too, I learned that CAVOK means Ceiling and visibility ok

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

The Best Parcomètre True it can vary a little from country to country

[@robhobsweden]

So did I in Sweden. I was a glider pilot, so perhaps the term "ceiling" is more important to us, since we most of the time just fly up to the cloud base (VFR with no vertical cloud cleareance but ground visibility). ;) CAVOK is however not a good weather for flying gliders, we most of the time want 3-4 octas cumulus, with a high cloud base.

[@florianmeier3186]

@@robhobsweden Well, no ceiling without clouds. I learned also "clouds and visibility OK" as meteorologist in Germany, but "ceiling" is more precise as there might be thick high level clouds even with CAVOK. Do you know, that our forecasting models are currently degrading due to lack of aircraft measurements (AMDAR/AIREP/TAMDAR)? So we are missing you pilots, crews and ground. We try to compensate by additional weather balloons and other quick measures, but it is not equivalent to 10000s of aircraft reports.

[@bicpilot1]

you speak and explain very clear Captain

[@KevinWakliFitness]

This Quarantine Can't Allow Me To Know My Weather.

[@dianerasmus]

Thank you very much Captain for the video. Much appreciated!!😁🤗

[@puspita282]

Great video Joe. Made my morning.

[@juliendexters6504]

Even though all these abbreviations come from ICAO we can still spot some discrepancies between Europe and US!! Never heard of CAVOK here but when I check TAF for my country I could see it. Now I got it. -FZRAPLBR?!?!? Light freezing rain, ice pellets, mist. $ maintenance is needed on the system hence the dollar sign 😂

[@arpitasaharan7431]

Thanks for this information mr joe. I am not related to aviation in any way but love your videos and try to watch them as soon as I can . Really appreciate your efforts sir.

[@spdyboy]

Great Refresher Capt ... Love all your Vids. Would love to have it in my flight bag. Happy Landings and Silver Linings Always.

[@philipbyrnes7501]

Yes please and thank you for all you do, you are an excellent teacher and very interesting to learn from

[@klx100]

Well done Captain Joe! I like watching your videos keep them coming 🙏👍💪 Greetings from LMML

[@platunwalker8406]

Thanks joe for the weather explanation, i hope it useful for me

[@ShejiKazmi]

Yes Captain, waiting for ANOTHER VIDEO!

[@coolbanana8756]

Hello Captain Joe. I know all the Weather Abbreviations. You make great videos. Please make more like these. Thank you.

[@blackdiamond6293]

Hi ! I love your channel : Especially because all your subjects are easy to understand for someone like me who knows nothing about Airplanes - But I learn a lot with all your videos, and now I'm more confident when I travel (lol) ! Have a nice day, stay safe and thanks for all :)

[@user-vf3fg1gl7pMsSandy]

Thank you Cpt. Joe👍🥰

[@alexosborne5629]

Good descriptive information Joe!! I'm sure you have come across this acronym... HLB..... Helicopter Load Bag.... used to use these in the fire service when we were on maritime emergency response.... sadly there were suspended four years ago.......

[@vickk1123]

Love your videos Joe! I remember only ATIS from before when I was using a sim ;)

[@TomF1970]

This is a great list/refresher. When I did my check flight in January, my tester told me I can fly excellent l, but I knew crap about the weather during thr oral. He wasn't far off. :)

[@varunbabu2596]

Great video Cap!

[@jorgeparra196]

I can’t wait to roll my bag around my flight school with my new tag!

[@brad4057]

Hello Joe a big thank you and all at cargolux for keeping the cargo flying there's a lot of cargo aircraft big and small doing there bit to keep us all stocked up I'm a firefighter and yesterday when I got home me and my daughter went in the garden to watch the planes flyover and see a b747-8 Cargolux at about 38000feet just beautiful ✈👏

[@asapdolphin8040]

Thank you will definitely help me with my ATPL course

[@Limacharlie733]

Hi CaptainJoe ! First comment for me here even if I’ve been following you for a long time. I’m now an ATPL student, just finished phase 1 and just done the mocks. Waiting for the Easa’s and then off to fly! Thanks for your videos they gave me a lot of motivation before starting this career (I was a manager ) and now that I’m in training. Of course I knew all the abbreviations, but that’s normal as I just studied them for my exams 😂 there was just a couple I haven’t heard of but I had a good guess and got them right 😊 thanks for your videos again, I love watching at them. Please stay safe. Hope to you see you in the skies one day !

[@rikspector]

Captain Joe, Thank you for your videos. I hope you and your family and friends are well. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@waltjohnson2]

Great video, Joe - I used it this evening with our RAF Air Cadets squadron this evening helping them decode METARs :)

[@flywithfan]

Thank you Captain 👍🏻

[@knettergek1137]

Thanks for your upload!

[@fkrauthan]

I knew most of them. And I even recognized the airport, you used the image of, for SKC as CYPK in beautiful British Columbia.

[@Longstaffdk]

Really good content - Sound and picture need some optimization, it was perfect a year ago - what changed?

[@jan-lukas]

It was good to watch this video even with only listening to the long forms of the letters Joe said

[@richc47us]

thank You Joe Great idea!

[@kateoconnor6097]

Another great video thank you. Very useful video. 😉

[@mishmish1968]

Thanks so much , great video.

[@anabeatrizmoura5983]

Great vídeo, thank you!!

[@stephenbritton9297]

I don't remember what crash it was, but a while back the US NTSB made a post-investigation recommendation to overhaul the METAR systym. When the system was introduced, it took time (and money) to send individual characters, so a format was devised to compress a full report into as small a package as possible. Now a days, you can look at any teen girl's text message history and see that LARGE amounts of text can be sent quickly, easily and cheaply. its time to go to plain language METARs!!!

[@death2pc]

Not to deify or patronize............ It's not in my DNA. But It's SO refreshing to catch you these days. Thank you. Take care!

[@hkagiri5799]

Happy to see the TAF example was from JomoKenyatta international airport

[@user-cz9jg2du2l]

Excellent job ❤

[@sebastianaparicio7119]

Omg I love your vids ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@altypeRR]

A great video and one where I did know all the abbreviations. But then I should, I teach it at work. Lol. Also a couple missed which always get the pulse racing. Tcu and CB. Towering cumulus and cumulonimbus.

[@j.t.thomas9242]

Becoming a cargo pilot about a year or so ago is probably the best thing that ever happened to you considering the commercial airline industry is in very tough times now.

[@StreagleEagle]

I Downloaded them! I'm still youngish, but soon going to flight school! Thanks for helping me!

[@chung_david]

First!!!! Stay safe Joe and happy quarantine for everyone!!

[@kathyhiggins3836]

Same to you:)

[@hkhan8704]

Thank you so much

[@redmustangredmustang]

My friend works in weather at DFW airport. Except for 2 people out of the 11 that work there, they are ex military meaning they got trained by the military to do forecasting. He always says that they don't trust what the computer is putting out most times so they do the calculations manually. So when there is inclement weather like rain, thunder, low visibility, high wind, they are putting out reports every 10 to 15 minutes. Just like in the airline industry if you cut corners and the plane crashes and the NTSB finds out it's your fault, you are not having a job for good and opened up to huge lawsuits or criminal charges. That's a big part why there hasn't been a commercial airplane crash in over 10 years is because no one dares cuts corners and be liable for people's deaths.

[@reesechaung193]

Following this channel for months. Very appreciate captain Joe provide such aviation knowledge for us. ❤️👍🥺 I would like to know more about some terminology for Pilot communicating with ATC.

[@invictus99]

I love the videos that don't mention the craze of the day

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Great video ! Your content is awesome and very interesting 🙂

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hey i love yours videos