State WX 301 Final Exam 1 Studied Questions and Answers 2024/2025

12Z is 12 noon at and corresponds to local (MST) - CORRECT ANSWERGreenwich England, 5am 22530KT in a METAR is a wind from the at 30 - CORRECT ANSWERsouthwest, kt A Monsoon is defined as - CORRECT ANSWER-a seasonally varying wind A northeasterly breeze is reported as - CORRECT ANSWER-045/20 A strong front (big horizontal temperature gradient) usually has above it at 300 mb CORRECT ANSWER-a jet stream (strong wind) A warm air mass usually has pressure aloft and pressure near the surface CORRECT ANSWER-high, low A warm atmosphere always has a aloft - CORRECT ANSWER-ridge A warm column of air has than normal pressure aloft and than normal pressure near the surface - CORRECT ANSWER-higher, lower Air flows a warm region at low levels and it at high levels - CORRECT ANSWER-toward, away from An airplane is flying on a heading of 060 at 100 kt in a wind of 340/50kt. Its true course is toward the - CORRECT ANSWER-east An inversion layer where the temperature with height. An inversion has a lapse rate. - CORRECT ANSWER-increases, negative An isothermal layer is a layer in which - CORRECT ANSWER-temperature is constant with height Another name for the subtropical high is the - CORRECT ANSWER-horse latitudes As a result of friction, the surface flow abound a cyclone is producing motion CORRECT ANSWER-convergent, ris