WX301 Pressure and Winds | Questions with and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: wind to blow across the isobars towards lower pressure?
Answer:
Friction (Drag) Calculate the 1000-500 mb thickness if the height of the 1000mb
surface is 185m and the height of the 500 mb surface is 5525m. 534 dam The
1000-500mb thickness at location A is 540 dam, while the thickness at location B is
552 dam, while the thickness at location C is 534 dam, which location has the
greatest average temperature in the layer between 1000 and 500 mb? B Winds tend to
change greatest with height over locations where the thickness: Changes quickly over
a relatively short distance. When examining an upper-level map, the polar jet tends to
be outlined by the: Temperature (or thickness) pattern Above is a 500mb trough
ridge pattern. Arrows indicate the wind speed and direction through the trough with
larger arrows indicating faster speeds. At which position (A, B, or C) would you
expect more air mass leaving the location than entering? C When more air mass is
leaving a location than entering, we refer to this as: Divergence If at 500mb more air
mass was leaving a location than entering, what would you expect to happen to the
surface pressure directly below that same location? Pressure would decrease (a low
would develop)
Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: wind to blow across the isobars towards lower pressure?
Answer:
Friction (Drag) Calculate the 1000-500 mb thickness if the height of the 1000mb
surface is 185m and the height of the 500 mb surface is 5525m. 534 dam The
1000-500mb thickness at location A is 540 dam, while the thickness at location B is
552 dam, while the thickness at location C is 534 dam, which location has the
greatest average temperature in the layer between 1000 and 500 mb? B Winds tend to
change greatest with height over locations where the thickness: Changes quickly over
a relatively short distance. When examining an upper-level map, the polar jet tends to
be outlined by the: Temperature (or thickness) pattern Above is a 500mb trough
ridge pattern. Arrows indicate the wind speed and direction through the trough with
larger arrows indicating faster speeds. At which position (A, B, or C) would you
expect more air mass leaving the location than entering? C When more air mass is
leaving a location than entering, we refer to this as: Divergence If at 500mb more air
mass was leaving a location than entering, what would you expect to happen to the
surface pressure directly below that same location? Pressure would decrease (a low
would develop)
