WX 201 FINAL FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW
SHEET
●● what is the surface wind direction if you are in the northern
hemisphere
-----1012
-----1014
-----1016
Answer: 210
●● What is the 700 spa wind direction if you are in the northern
hemisphere
/3000
/3060
/3120
Answer: 240
●● what type of wind would you expect to find at location C given the
following upper level pressure pattern?
HIGH
\\. low //
, \C\ //
//
Answer: geostrophic wind
●● If you are flying at 20000 feet and you are experiencing a headwind,
where is the low pressure system relative to
Answer: to the right
●● which of the following shows winds flowing correctly around a NH
low pressure at the surface?
Answer: A (BLOWING COUNTERCLOCKWISE and tilted inwards)
●● ________ are caused by uneven surface heating leading to the
development of horizontal pressure differences
Answer: thermal circulations
●● an upper level wind pattern with ridges and troughs(N-S) clearly
evident would be call a ______ flow pattern
Answer: meridional
●● In the northern hemisphere, air flows _____ around a low pressure
center with the air ________ the low at the surface
Answer: counter-clockwise, converging into
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW
SHEET
●● what is the surface wind direction if you are in the northern
hemisphere
-----1012
-----1014
-----1016
Answer: 210
●● What is the 700 spa wind direction if you are in the northern
hemisphere
/3000
/3060
/3120
Answer: 240
●● what type of wind would you expect to find at location C given the
following upper level pressure pattern?
HIGH
\\. low //
, \C\ //
//
Answer: geostrophic wind
●● If you are flying at 20000 feet and you are experiencing a headwind,
where is the low pressure system relative to
Answer: to the right
●● which of the following shows winds flowing correctly around a NH
low pressure at the surface?
Answer: A (BLOWING COUNTERCLOCKWISE and tilted inwards)
●● ________ are caused by uneven surface heating leading to the
development of horizontal pressure differences
Answer: thermal circulations
●● an upper level wind pattern with ridges and troughs(N-S) clearly
evident would be call a ______ flow pattern
Answer: meridional
●● In the northern hemisphere, air flows _____ around a low pressure
center with the air ________ the low at the surface
Answer: counter-clockwise, converging into