Weather charts are not just for FAA tests. Pilots need to understand how to use them for safe flight planning. This lesson covers surface analysis charts, radar summary charts, prognostic charts, and weather depiction charts. They are very easy to use once you've learned the tricks.

This lesson includes a reading assignment. If you are preparing for the knowledge test, you must study the document entitled Weather Chart Summary in the resources section below. It contains additional material that is not covered in the multimedia portion of this lesson.