Aviation Meteorology 144 Review Questions With Correct Valid Answers
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Aviation Meteorology 1
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Aviation Meteorology 1
Clouds, fog, or dew will always form when - ️️water vapor condenses
Conditions necessary for the formation of thunderstorms - ️️High humidity, lifting force, and unstable conditions
Convective circulation patterns associated with sea breezes are caused by - ️️Cool, dense air moving in...
Decode the excerpt from the wind and temperature aloft forecast (FB) for OKC at 39,000 feet
FT 3000 6000 39000
OKC 830558 - ✔ ✔ wind 330 at 105 knots, temperature -58C
During a cross-country flight you picked up rime icing which you estimate is 1/2" thick on the leading
edge of the wings. You are now below the clouds at 2000 feet AGL and are approaching your destination
airport under VFR. Visibility under the clouds is more than 10 miles, winds at the destination airport are
8 knots right down the runway, and the surface temperature is 3 degrees Celsius. You decide to - ✔ ✔
use a faster than normal approach and landing speed
Every physical process of weather is accompanied by, or is the result of, a - ✔ ✔ Heat exchange
FC3 What significant sky condition is reported in this METAR observation?
METAR KBNA 1250Z 33018KT 290V360 1/2SM R31/2700FT _+SN BLSNFG VV008 00/M03 A2991 RMK
RERAE42SNB42 - ✔ ✔ Sky is obscured with vertical visibility of 800 feet
Flight is scheduled at daybreak. Forecast temperature and dew point is 10 degrees C. What conditions
can you expect - ✔ ✔ Favorable for radiation fog
Hazardous wind shear is commonly encountered in - ✔ ✔ areas of temperature inversion and near
thunderstorms.
How can you find Volcanic Ash Advisory (VAA). VAG contains the same information as in the VAA but in
a four-panel chart format. Where can you find these information? - ✔ ✔ National Weather Service
website.
, How does the weather radar (either ground or airborne - not a doppler radar) detect a target? - ✔ ✔
by sensing reflective energy
How the Solar flares affect aviation? - ✔ ✔ difficulty in HF communications
How would pilots know there are Windshear/Microbust nearby the airport he/she is making a approach
utilizing TDWR(Terminal Doppler Weather Radar), LLWAS (Low level wind shear), WSP (Weather System
Processor) and ITWS (Integrated Terminal Weather System)? - ✔ ✔ ATC Controller will advise
Icing associated with the smallest size of water droplet similar to that found in low level stratus clouds -
✔ ✔ Rime ice
If aircraft is equipped with ADS-B, a pilot can receive and display a suite of broadcast weather and
aeronautical information products this is called: - ✔ ✔ Flight Information Service-Broadcast (FIS-B)
If an unstable air mass is forced upward, what type clouds can be expected? - ✔ ✔ Clouds with
considerable vertical development and associated turbulence.
If clouds form as a result of very stable, most air being forced to ascend a mountain slope, the clouds
will be - ✔ ✔ Stratus type with little vertical development and little or no turbulence
If there is thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of an airport at which you plan to land, which hazardous
atmospheric phenomenon might be expected on the landing approach? - ✔ ✔ Wind-shear
turbulence
In Arctic during summer afternoons, scattered cumulus clouds forming over the interior occasionally
grow into thundershowers. These thundershowers move generally to which direction? - ✔ ✔ from
northeast to southwest
In mid northern latitude, northeast side of island get frequent rainfall whereas opposite side are
semiarid. This is because of: - ✔ ✔ trade winds
In the US 80% of tornadoes are produced by - ✔ ✔ Supercell thunderstorms
In which environment is aircraft structural ice most likely to have the highest accumulation rate? - ✔
✔ freezing rain
In which meteorological conditions can frontal waves and low pressure area form? - ✔ ✔ Slow-
moving cold fronts or stationary fronts.
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).(i.e.Doldrums) is located - ✔ ✔ the vicinity of the Equator
Isobars on a surface weather chart represent lines of equal pressure: - ✔ ✔ reduced to sea level
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