CPL Meteorology (CMET)

[multi_engined]

Hi PPruners,

I am sitting for my CPL Meteorology on Wednesday week.

Does anybody have or know of any resources on the web for practice exams? Or any tips for getting through the exams? Does the AIP really help in the exam... I have made a few tags for the Met services section so that will help for quick reference.

I don't feel 100% confident with ARFOR's so if anybody knows of practice questions that would be great. TAF's would also be good but mainly after the ARFOR's

P.S - I have already completed the DH CPL Meteorology exam.

Cheers,
ME

[Aussie]

Mate, i cant remember off the top of my head, but if Bob Tait does CPL MET which i believe he does, then he is great. He'll have you up to scratch no probs :ok:


As for Gen 3.5 in the AIP's, i didnt really use it, but it maybe handy, you never know. If youve tagged it, youll be fine.


Aussie

[Chadzat]

A mate of mine forgot his Jepps when he went into the exam...thought he'd do alright anyway - and failed. So yeah, they are pretty useful.

ARFOR's and TAF's can be had in abundance from NAIPS. You should already have it installed on your computer being a CPL student but if not GET IT.

Then on the BOM site (or nightly news) just find the area that had the crappiest weather (ie not an area that is in the middle of australia which usually always have no subdivisions and benign weather. Then just go about diussecting each line and UNDERSTANDING IT. Ie try and put it into plain english what the forecast is saying.

If you can understand the more difficult ones (like 3 sub-divisions, many cloud layers, tempo's and inter's all over the place) then the exam won't worry you.

[lk978]

I did all the exams in the bob tait book and passed first go, nearly all questions where the same. No study required.

[witwiw]

the AIP will almost certainly come in handy, dont forget it.
if you take it in, you wont need it.......
but if you forget it, youll have tonnes of questions where you really want to refer to it!

i dont think the bob tait book has the practice exams in it (just a stack of Q's). but you can purchase credits to use the cyberexams- just purchase them off his site, youll get a reply email with website to go to and login info. very good practice exams :ok:

know how to read METAR, TAF, TTF and ARFOR backwards, operational requirements due to INTER/TEMPO/FM etc, synoptic chart symbols, cloud characteristics, icing, winds and thunderstorm formation, and you should be right.

[multi_engined]

Thank you for the replies!

[sir.pratt]

taking an AIP into a met exam? not here in en zed...... :(

[wdn]

ik978, not sure if that's tongue in cheek or not......

that's why i'd never recommend bob tait, good for learning questions, not so good for actually understanding the material except at an extremely basic level - have a look at CPL AGK, its laughable. vdh texts are far superior IMHO.

its best to use a variety of sources to get your information. make sure you check each item in the syllabus (http://www.casa.gov.au/fcl/download/vfra_s03.pdf). don't miss any items hoping they won't be included in the exam.....

also check out:
Manual of Meteorology Parts 1 & 2 by Department of Science (Bureau of Meteorology)