18. Thunderstorm Season – CBs, Hail & Microburst Threats | ICAO Aviation English

🎙️ Episode 18 | Thunderstorm Season – CBs, Hail & Microburst Threat | ICAO Aviation English Case Study

Summer brings more than blue skies—it also brings some of the most dangerous weather phenomena pilots can encounter.

In this episode of the Revise Before Flight Podcast, I explore three major convective weather hazards every aviation professional should be able to describe confidently in ICAO aviation English:

🌩️ Cumulonimbus (CB) clouds

🧊 Hail

💨 Microbursts and low-level windshear

You'll learn:

✈️ How thunderstorms develop and why they pose multiple simultaneous hazards

✈️ Why hail can strike aircraft even outside the visible storm

✈️ How a microburst creates dangerous windshear during takeoff and landing

✈️ Operational aviation vocabulary expected at ICAO Level 5–6

✈️ Professional phrases pilots use when requesting weather deviations and describing convective activity