SPECI criteria will be based on what published guidance?

• A. Aviation Selected Special Weather Report (SPECI) Criteria
• B. SPECI Guidelines
• C. METAR Standards
• D. ICAO Weather Management

Answer: (A)

The question is about identifying the official published guidance that determines when a SPECI should be issued. The best answer is the Aviation Selected Special Weather Report (SPECI) Criteria document. This specific guidance defines the exact thresholds and situations that require a SPECI, providing standardized criteria used across aviation weather operations so that significant changes in weather, visibility, ceilings, winds, or adverse phenomena are consistently communicated to airfield users.

Other options don’t fit as precisely. SPECI Guidelines would be a more general or informal set of instructions, not the formal published criteria used for official SPECI issuance. METAR Standards govern routine meteorological observations and their encoding, not the decision thresholds for issuing SPECI reports. ICAO Weather Management covers broader international framework and processes, but the Air Force relies on the dedicated SPECI Criteria document for its precise, published criteria.