RPAS Pilot Knowledge Requirements: Thunderstorms

In plain language

You must be able to describe the three stages of thunderstorm development, identify approaching thunderstorm characteristics, and recognize associated hazards like microbursts, lightning, and wind shear.

Requirement as structured

RPAS pilots must understand the stages of thunderstorm development, surface weather characteristics, hazards (including updrafts, downdrafts, microbursts, hail, lightning), types of thunderstorms, and squall lines.

Original regulatory text

Thunderstorms - Requirements for development - Describe the three stages of thunderstorm development. - Describe the surface weather characteristics of an approaching thunderstorm. - Identify hazards likely to occur with thunderstorm activity. - Types-air mass/frontal - Hazards-updrafts/downdrafts/gust fronts/downbursts/microbursts/hail/lightning/antennas - Squall lines

Applies when

country

Canada

max mtom kg

150

min mtom kg

0.25

regulatory category

General