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CAVOK
abbr.
abbr., avia.
ceiling and visibility OK
;
visibility, cloud and present weather better than prescribed values or conditions
(видимість, хмарність та поточні погодні умови кращі, ніж зазначені величини та умови
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abbr., mil., avia.
ceiling and visibility okay
abbr., product.
cloud and visibility OK
(
Yeldar Azanbayev
)
avia., Canada
A term
pronounced "KAV-OH-KAY"
, derived from the words "ceiling and visibility OK," that may be used in air-ground communication when meteorological information is being transmitted to aircraft. CAVOK refers to the simultaneous occurrence, at an airport, of the following meteorological conditions:
a
no cloud below 5000 ft, or below the highest minimum sector altitude
MSA
, whichever is higher, and no cumulonimbus;
b
a visibility of 6 SM or more; and
c
no precipitation, thunderstorm, shallow fog or drifting snow.
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