Aviation Weather Exam 3 with correct answers 100% 2025/2026

Aviation Weather Exam 3 with correct answers 100% 2025/2026 Mountains can produce .................... . - Correct Answer mechanical turbulence Mountain waves can form .......................... - Correct Answer well into tropopause A warm downslope wind is known as .................... - Correct Answer Chinook wind What is a likely location of clear air turbulence? - Correct Answer In an upper trough on the polar side of a jetstream. Rotor clouds form on the ........................ of the mountain. - Correct Answer lee or downstream side Turbulence encountered above 15,000 feet AGL, not associated with cloud formations, should be reported as - Correct Answer clear air turbulence. Upper level ridge can also produce clear air turbulence (CAT). - Correct Answer True Intensity of the turbulence is measured by a variable called "....................................." - Correct Answer Eddy Dissipation Rate ....................................... wind shear can produce turbulence. - Correct Answer both horizontal and vertical Which locations should you include in your expected areas of CAT? (Choose all that apply.) - Correct Answer A, B and C -- A. Poleward (cold) side of the jet streaks B. Anticyclonic turning in the jet along the ridge axis C. T-bone or merging jet stream The following atmospheric condition is required to form mountain waves: - Correct Answer All of the Above -- A. wind should be 40 knots or more with near to perpendicular to mountain B. wind speed should increase with height C. temperature inversion near to mountain top or below The Rocky Mountains produce waves that may impact .......................... - Correct Answer B and C -- B.eastern Colorado C. Western Kansas What is the name of this cloud? - Correct Answer lenticular clouds Aircraft generate vortices and tur