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WX301 FINAL EXAM {100} QUESTIONS ANDCORRECT ANSWERS
An aircraft has an altimeter setting of 30.00 in Hg and is flying over a region when
the MSL pressure is 30.20 in Hg. His actual altitude will be: - ANSWER c - 200ft
higher than indicated
Near the poles, the tropopause is _________ and the stratosphere is ________ than
the middle latitudes - ANSWER b - lower, warmer
If the pressure at 18,000ft is higher than average, the height at which the pressure is
500 mb is ________ than average - ANSWER b- higher
In a stable airmass, a lifted parcel will be ______ than the environment while one
pushed down will be ______ - ANSWER c - cooler, warmer
Which cell(s) has warmer air rising, cooler air sinking? - ANSWER c - Polar &
Hadley
At 30n in January, I am most likely to find ______ at the surface and ______ at
39,000ft - ANSWER a - subtropical high, subtropical jet
Two latitude surface low pressure and higher precipitation are found near latitudes
- ANSWER c - 0 and 60
Over Siberia during winter, the 300mg flow is ______ while the surface flow is
______ - ANSWER a - cyclonic, anticyclonic
In the general circulation, the trade winds are found - ANSWER a - between the
ITCZ and the subtropical high
Upper-level westerlies extend closes to the equator during - ANSWER b - winter
The lowest 30,000ft pressure over the North Pole is found - ANSWER c - in
January
In the Southern Hemisphere, air flow around lows is - ANSWER b - clockwise
Friction makes the surface air flow around a low _______, producing ______ -
, ANSWER a - converge, cloud
For a surface wind over land of 220 at 17 kt, the most likely wind at 3,000ft AGL is
- ANSWER a - 270 at 30kt
The most likely 3,000ft AGL wind at C is - ANSWER a - 110/25
The most likely surface wind at an airfield at C is - ANSWER b - 060/15
At the California coast, the mP airmass at B is most likely - ANSWER a - cool,
moist with showers
The most likely surface weather at C is - ANSWER d - easterly wind, cool, light
rain from stratus
Over Texas, the most likely weather at B is - ANSWER c - cold NW winds but
clear
Anticyclonic vorticity is found at - ANSWER a - A, B, C
Cyclonic vorticity is found at - ANSWER b - D, E, G
A jet streak is found near - ANSWER d - B, E, H
Upper-level divergence is most likely near - ANSWER d - H
Points B, E, and H have identical isobar spacing. Which has the strongest wind
(ignore variations in latitude)? - ANSWER b - B
At the point H, the Coriolis force points toward the ______ while the pressure
gradient points toward the ______ - ANSWER c - SE, NW
Warming of the layer between 1000mb and 500mb will make the 1000mb height
______ and the 500mb height ______ - ANSWER d - lower, higher
The height difference 500mb height minus 1000 mb height is called the -
ANSWER a - 1000 to 500mb thickness
The thermal wind relationship equates to ______ to ______ - ANSWER c - vertical
wind shear, horizontal temperature gradients
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