AG3 MTM manual questions with accurate
answers
1 GHz is ....... cycles / sec Ans✓✓✓ a billion cycles/second
A BECMG group such as, BECMG 1019/1021, indicates the
predominant weather conditions will begin to change on the Ans✓✓✓
10th day of the month at 1900Z
a cloud ceiling, which is the lowest layer or layers that block ........
Ans✓✓✓ 5/8 or more
A cloud layer is defined as Ans✓✓✓ "clouds and/or obscuring
phenomena aloft, either continuous or composed of detached elements,
with bases at approximately the same level."
A lithometeor is ..... Ans✓✓✓ any dry particle suspended in, or falling
from, the atmosphere.
A ring of light encircling and extending outward from the sun or moon is
called a ///// Ans✓✓✓ halo.
A roll cloud (arcus) may form..... Ans✓✓✓ along the leading edge of
the CB cloud base during a down rush
,A squall is a sudden large increase in wind speed. For observation
purposes, the wind speed must increase by Ans✓✓✓ 16 knots or more
and the sustained wind speed after the increase must be 22 knots or more
for at least 1 minute.
A surface based obscuration is always the first layer reported with
additional remarks in the remarks section of the TAF Ans✓✓✓
A wind gust is a rapid fluctuation in wind speed with a variation
between peaks and lulls of ....... Ans✓✓✓ 10 knots or more
A wind shift is any change in wind direction by Ans✓✓✓ -45° or more
during a 15‐minute time period.
-The change in direction may or may not be accompanied by a change in
wind speed.
-wind shifts are only recorded when the mean wind speed is 10 knots or
greater during the shift.
altocu covers ..... of the sky Ans✓✓✓ <5° (three fingers)
as the temperature rises, the RH will Ans✓✓✓ decrease because
warmer air can hold more water
Atmospheric pressure refers to. Ans✓✓✓ the pressure exerted by the
column of air on any point of the earth's surface
, AVHRR, Ans✓✓✓ Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
imager. The AVHRR is characterized by a very wide field of
observation, nearly 2700 km and has a spatial resolution of 1.1 km
Barometric pressure is Ans✓✓✓ the pressure read directly from a
precision aneroid barometer or a tactical aneroid barometer. On the
precision aneroid barometer, this value may be read in inches or in
hectopascals.
BKN Ans✓✓✓ Broken
5/8‐7/8
celsius - fahrenheit conversions Ans✓✓✓ °C = (°F ‐ 32) × 5/9 or °F=
(°C × 9/5) + 32
Celsius scale, which fixes the freezing point and the boiling point at ......
Ans✓✓✓ 0°C and 100°C
Cirriform clouds form where Ans✓✓✓ the upper atmosphere is quite
cold and dry. Mainly composed of ice crystals, cirriform clouds usually
appear white and thin, and are a good indicator of the prevailing winds
at their elevation.
Cloud classification identification terms range from general to specific
by ........ Ans✓✓✓ cloud type, cloud genera, cloud species, and cloud
variety
answers
1 GHz is ....... cycles / sec Ans✓✓✓ a billion cycles/second
A BECMG group such as, BECMG 1019/1021, indicates the
predominant weather conditions will begin to change on the Ans✓✓✓
10th day of the month at 1900Z
a cloud ceiling, which is the lowest layer or layers that block ........
Ans✓✓✓ 5/8 or more
A cloud layer is defined as Ans✓✓✓ "clouds and/or obscuring
phenomena aloft, either continuous or composed of detached elements,
with bases at approximately the same level."
A lithometeor is ..... Ans✓✓✓ any dry particle suspended in, or falling
from, the atmosphere.
A ring of light encircling and extending outward from the sun or moon is
called a ///// Ans✓✓✓ halo.
A roll cloud (arcus) may form..... Ans✓✓✓ along the leading edge of
the CB cloud base during a down rush
,A squall is a sudden large increase in wind speed. For observation
purposes, the wind speed must increase by Ans✓✓✓ 16 knots or more
and the sustained wind speed after the increase must be 22 knots or more
for at least 1 minute.
A surface based obscuration is always the first layer reported with
additional remarks in the remarks section of the TAF Ans✓✓✓
A wind gust is a rapid fluctuation in wind speed with a variation
between peaks and lulls of ....... Ans✓✓✓ 10 knots or more
A wind shift is any change in wind direction by Ans✓✓✓ -45° or more
during a 15‐minute time period.
-The change in direction may or may not be accompanied by a change in
wind speed.
-wind shifts are only recorded when the mean wind speed is 10 knots or
greater during the shift.
altocu covers ..... of the sky Ans✓✓✓ <5° (three fingers)
as the temperature rises, the RH will Ans✓✓✓ decrease because
warmer air can hold more water
Atmospheric pressure refers to. Ans✓✓✓ the pressure exerted by the
column of air on any point of the earth's surface
, AVHRR, Ans✓✓✓ Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
imager. The AVHRR is characterized by a very wide field of
observation, nearly 2700 km and has a spatial resolution of 1.1 km
Barometric pressure is Ans✓✓✓ the pressure read directly from a
precision aneroid barometer or a tactical aneroid barometer. On the
precision aneroid barometer, this value may be read in inches or in
hectopascals.
BKN Ans✓✓✓ Broken
5/8‐7/8
celsius - fahrenheit conversions Ans✓✓✓ °C = (°F ‐ 32) × 5/9 or °F=
(°C × 9/5) + 32
Celsius scale, which fixes the freezing point and the boiling point at ......
Ans✓✓✓ 0°C and 100°C
Cirriform clouds form where Ans✓✓✓ the upper atmosphere is quite
cold and dry. Mainly composed of ice crystals, cirriform clouds usually
appear white and thin, and are a good indicator of the prevailing winds
at their elevation.
Cloud classification identification terms range from general to specific
by ........ Ans✓✓✓ cloud type, cloud genera, cloud species, and cloud
variety
