WX301 Surface Assessment Lab- Exam Questions and Answers
The following is the surface weather map for Dec. 22 at 12Z. - Answers Stationary Front
What weather feature is located just north of "B" in Canada at the top of the chart of the previous
question? - Answers High Pressure Center
What weather feature in question 1 is located at "C" and extends from Ohio to Texas? - Answers Cold
Front
What weather feature on the following surface chart is located at D extending through Alabama? -
Answers Squall Line
What is the weather feature located to the immediate northwest of "E" in Ohio in the previous
question? - Answers Low Pressure Center
What weather feature, extending from Ohio to New York, is located at "F" on the surface chart of
questions 1 & 4? - Answers Warm Front
The following shows feature F from the previous question in more detail: - Answers Between 20 and 35
F.
What approximate range of temperatures are to the south of feature F (from the front to around
the south end of the dark line in Pennsylvania)? - Answers Between 50 and 65 F.
Generally what direction are the winds to the north of feature "F" near the extreme top of the
black line? - Answers In the range from 360 to 090.
Generally what direction are the winds to the south of feature "F" near the bottom of the black
line? - Answers In the range from 180 to 270
As you move from south to north following along the black line, how do the winds change in
terms of direction? - Answers They shift cyclonically from southerly/southwesterly to
easterly/northeasterly.
Generally, what are the range of dew point temperatures to the north of the frontal feature "F"? -
Answers 32 F and below.
Generally what are the dew point temperatures south of the frontal feature "F". - Answers generally
above 50 degrees F.
How is the moisture content of the air changing as you move from south to north across the
The following is the surface weather map for Dec. 22 at 12Z. - Answers Stationary Front
What weather feature is located just north of "B" in Canada at the top of the chart of the previous
question? - Answers High Pressure Center
What weather feature in question 1 is located at "C" and extends from Ohio to Texas? - Answers Cold
Front
What weather feature on the following surface chart is located at D extending through Alabama? -
Answers Squall Line
What is the weather feature located to the immediate northwest of "E" in Ohio in the previous
question? - Answers Low Pressure Center
What weather feature, extending from Ohio to New York, is located at "F" on the surface chart of
questions 1 & 4? - Answers Warm Front
The following shows feature F from the previous question in more detail: - Answers Between 20 and 35
F.
What approximate range of temperatures are to the south of feature F (from the front to around
the south end of the dark line in Pennsylvania)? - Answers Between 50 and 65 F.
Generally what direction are the winds to the north of feature "F" near the extreme top of the
black line? - Answers In the range from 360 to 090.
Generally what direction are the winds to the south of feature "F" near the bottom of the black
line? - Answers In the range from 180 to 270
As you move from south to north following along the black line, how do the winds change in
terms of direction? - Answers They shift cyclonically from southerly/southwesterly to
easterly/northeasterly.
Generally, what are the range of dew point temperatures to the north of the frontal feature "F"? -
Answers 32 F and below.
Generally what are the dew point temperatures south of the frontal feature "F". - Answers generally
above 50 degrees F.
How is the moisture content of the air changing as you move from south to north across the
