WX301 Aviation Weather Test 3 with correct answers /2026

WX301 Aviation Weather Test 3 with correct answers /2026 Globally, TS are most common - Correct Answer over tropical land masses To get a thunderstorm, we need each of the following three conditions - Correct Answer unstable air, a lifting mechanism and low-level moisture Over tropical oceans, most TS occur - Correct Answer just before dawn An airmass thunderstorm has mostly updrafts and surface flow toward the storm at the __ stage - Correct Answer cumulus Thunderstorms are most common over Iowa - Correct Answer around sunset In the US, most thunderstorms occur in __ over __ - Correct Answer summer, Florida An air mass thunderstorm typically lasts - Correct Answer 30-60 minutes Near a dissipating air mass TS with precipitation, the horizontal surface air flow near the TS is typically - Correct Answer away from the TS Cumulonimbus literally means - Correct Answer heaped rain-producing clouds When flying at night, the best way to be alerted that severe TS are within 50 miles of me is (hint - use your common sense) - Correct Answer frequent lightning TS over the desert southwest are most common during. - Correct Answer mid-afternoon The outer edge of the expanding cold air below a thunderstorms is called - Correct Answer the outflow boundary At the outer edge of the expanding cold air we find the - Correct Answer gust front For a multi-cell TS with low-level flow from the south, new cells typically form. - Correct Answer south of the mature cell Severe supercell TS comprise about ___% of all TS. - Correct Answer 1 Severe supercell convection is most common - Correct Answer over the Great Plains during late afternoon and evening in April-June A shelf cloud is - Correct Answer a shelf-like cloud that forms above the gust front in the updraft south of a multi-cell TS Compared with airmass TS, multi and supercell TS - Correct Answer have more vertical shear What does the supercell have that a multi