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WX 301 EXAM 1 LATEST UPDATE...

WX 301 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ALL CORRECT!!

1. Explain why space weather is a concern to aviation - CORRECT ANSWER-Radiation exposure on polar flight routes. -Navigation errors on GPS. -Communication blackouts, especially on polar routes. -Satellite outages. I . Explain why the true state of the atmosphere can never be known exactly and can only be approximated by assimilating all available data - CORRECT ANSWER-+Not all aspects of the atmosphere are observed equally. +Coverage is intermittent in both space and time +lnstruments, them...

SURFACE ANALYSIS LAB WX 301 EXAM...

WX 301 EXAM 1 WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS...

Both a saturated and an unsaturated parcel, each with a temperature of 150C, are forced to rise from the surface to a height of 2 km. Which parcel will be warmest upon reaching 2km? a. the saturated parcel b. the unsaturated parcel c. the will both be the same - CORRECT ANSWER-the saturated parcel By examining either the sounding you chose in question 15 or the sounding you plotted and considering the LCL, how would typical afternoon heating affect cloud bases (assuming the moisture content ...

12Z is 12 noon at and corresponds to local (MST) - CORRECT ANSWERGreenwich England, 5am 22530KT in a METAR is a wind from the at 30 - CORRECT ANSWERsouthwest, kt A Monsoon is defined as - CORRECT ANSWER-a seasonally varying wind A northeasterly breeze is reported as - CORRECT ANSWER-045/20 A strong front (big horizontal temperature gradient) usually has above it at 300 mb CORRECT ANSWER-a jet stream (strong wind) A warm air mass usually has pressure aloft and pressure near the surface CORRE...

A dry line is a boundary between airmasses - CORRECT ANSWER-mT and CT A horizontal bright band is seen in a range-height indicator display during precipitation - CORRECT ANSWER-stratiform A numerical forecast can beat climatology only out to about ahead - CORRECT ANSWER-IO days A radar detects - CORRECT ANSWER-precipitation A surface cold front has just reached Chicago from the west. At 10,000 ft ACL, the cold front will be located of Chicago - CORRECT ANSWER-west A warm and moist conveyor...

A saturated parcel in a conditionally unstable layer is . - CORRECT ANSWERunstable Above the boundary layer in the northern hemisphere, when the winds are to your back, low pressure would be: - CORRECT ANSWER-to your left An unknown front (dark black line) is shown above moving in the direction of the arrow. Just to the east of the front the 1000-850mb thickness is 1330 meters (dashed line) while just to the west, the 1000-850mb thickness is 1270 meters (dashed line). What type of front is it...

500 mb is equal to how many Pa? - CORRECT ANSWER-50,OOO Pa A warm air mass usually has pressure aloft and pressure near the surface. CORRECT ANSWER-high, low A warm column of air has than normal pressure aloft and _ than normal pressure near the surface. - CORRECT ANSWER-Higher, lower Air flows a warm region at low levels and it at high levels. - CORRECT ANSWERtoward, away from An isothermal layer is a layer in which . - CORRECT ANSWER-Temperature is constant with height At 30,000 ft, there...