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METEOROLOGY 1 AVIATION WEATHER EXAM 1 MODULES 1-6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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METEOROLOGY 1 AVIATION WEATHER EXAM 1 MODULES 1-6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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1-170 of 170What is the result of heating an airmass from below?
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The stability will be decreased
You have just taken off from an airport at sea level. Conditions are exactly the same as
prescribed by the ISA. What will be your outside air temperature (OAT) at 1,500 feet?
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12 degrees C
The sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's surface at the equator at noon on the
first days of spring and fall, known as the
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equinox
1 degree of latitude equals
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60 NM
What are the characteristics of stable air?
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·Poor visibility; steady precipitation; stratus clouds
Coriolis only affects.
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, Moving air
Use the KCLE METAR to determine the current temperature.
KPDX 252253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/M07 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T00501072=KMCI
252253Z 20012KT 8SM SCT018 BKN030 00/M04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP199
T00001039=KRDM 252256Z 15009KT 10SM CLR 05/M07 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP176
T00501067=KCLE 252251Z 21006KT 10SM CLR M07/M18 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP308
T10671183=KIND 252254Z 16005KT 10SM BKN065 OVC150 M04/M14 A3033 RMK AO2
SLP287 T10441144=KORD 252321Z 19010KT 2 1/2SM -SN BKN042 BKN050 OVC080
M09/M13 A3028 RMK AO2 SNB07=
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· -7 degrees C
On a surface analysis chart, close spacing of the isobars indicates
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strong pressure gradient
A characteristic of the stratosphere is
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, a relatively small change in temperature with an increase in altitude
The average height of the troposphere in the middle latitudes is
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· 37,000 feet
Convert Minus 60 degrees C to degrees F
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Minus 76° F
The actual altitude of an aircraft above mean sea level (MSL)
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True altitude
What is the radius of the Earth?
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