This analytical process involves analyzing at the largest scale first,...
What is a forecast review?
What is the purpose of a forecast review?
A review accomplished for failing to follow forecast procedures should...
What is the first step in developing a forecast review or study?
A chronological list of weather events and their potential causes...
What is the best way to get over being uncomfortable speaking in front...
What are the three states of matter?
Which general tool for forecasting winds can provide information on...
In forecasting frontal winds, the deepening or filling of a frontal...
What are the two AFWA produced graphic products that forecast icing?
The most dangerous features of mountain wave clouds are the turbulence...
Which type of aircraft icing occurs in cumuliform clouds and is hard,...
How does in-flight icing on an airplane effect drag and the ability to...
What icing intensity corresponds to freezing drizzle?
What non-severe thunderstorm stage is the most violent?
What time of day has the greatest frequency of tornado occurrences?
What METSAT function allows systems to be put in motion?
Which is a factor that affects the amount of brightness measured by...
On what climatic classification system did Trewartha base his own...
Which far infrared (FIR) enhancement curve is a good all-purpose curve...
Which North Atlantic current is similar to the Kuroshio current in its...
Name the conveyor belts associated with a comma cloud.
A synoptic or mesoscale weather pattern that affects the weather at a...
Suggested times spent on interrogating different atmospheric scales...
During the initial stage of development of a frontal wave, the...
The Atlantic Ocean modifies weather along the east coast of Canada by...
What is a forecast seminar?
When accomplishing a forecast review or study, what type of...
The purpose of reanalyzing the compiled data is to
When documenting a forecast review, why is it necessary to include...
What is the purpose of a forecast review if the causes of the weather...
What is the most important section of the documented forecast review?
What general tool for cloud forecasting is being used when you simply...
What is the most common type of fog in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is the nocturnal wind that flows into valleys?
What term is used to define the process where the outer edge of the...
With a quasistationary front in the southern United States under a...
Which visibility restriction is the most localized?
What types of icing can the Military Weather Advisory (MWA) alert you...
All turbulence not thermally induced or associated with convective...
When during a day does maximum instability usually occur?
What are the conditions necessary for the development of tornadoes,...
Hail size is dependent on the
What happens when the CAPE goes above 2,500 J/kg?
The season of maximum hail occurrences coincides with
What is obtained by dividing each wind observation into components,...
Where does upwelling normally occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is the effect of the North Atlantic Current on the climate of...
A theoretically perfect absorber and emitter of radiation is
What are the two types of frequency distributions?
What are the cloud features that make up a synoptic-scale comma cloud?
What effect do you consider when you interpret lower-level wind flow...
In the fall, upwelling along the California coast gives way to a...
What temperature is used as a constant in the equation for computing...
Sun glint typically occurs under
What cloud type is often the first clue to the arrival of a storm...
Where is the jet stream axis located in relation to baroclinic zone...
Köppen's climate classification is based mainly on temperature,...
Where is mountainous terrain located in Canada?
Where is the jet stream axis located in relation to the baroclinic...
What affect does the amplitude of a long wave trough or ridge have on...
The type of cloudiness with a stationary front depends on the
Which statement describes a type A comma cloud pattern?
What is a forecast evaluation?
Why is it important to scan forecasts from the surrounding area when...
What is the underlying purpose of having audio-visual aids in a...
What is the main difference and added consideration when forecasting...
This restriction develops in layers in a stable atmosphere usually of...
Which two winds belong to the category of Fall Winds?
Which forecasting tool provides a summary of monthly and annual...
From which agencies are centralized turbulence products available?
What source of turbulence reports should you review after checking all...
What category of aircraft does a turbulence forecast normally specify?
As a general rule, the effects of turbulence for a fixed-wing aircraft...
What is the intensity for in-flight icing when deicing or anti-icing...
Which item is not a guidance tool or product for icing?
What type of thunderstorm is often confused with a frontal passage?
What term refers to the supercell downdraft associated with the gust...
What are the two primary forecast concerns when forecasting a haboob?
What type of temperature advection in the lower levels increases the...
Evaporation is an important climatic element over which regions?
Why is the average amount of precipitation not a good way to compare...
Which mountains prevent polar air masses from moving southward?
What mainly causes ocean currents?
Why is the exact location of the anticyclone's circulation center...
What North Atlantic current/system is similar to the Kuroshio system?
Name the branches into which the Kuroshio system divides.
The most commonly used climatological parameter is the
Which clouds form parallel to, and on the equatorward side of the jet...
The Gulf Stream System is made up of the
What phenomena are caused by the wind flow interacting with an ocean...
The equivalent chill factor depends on the
Describe a macroscale system.
The horizontal axis where air parcels are moving away from the col is...
How would you classify the Asian climate?
What affect does the amplitude of a long wave trough or ridge have on...
Which products are considered standard for detecting the long wave...
What cloud pattern develops into a comma cloud 75 percent of the time?
Relatively warm temperatures exist in Alaska during the summer due to...
What is the difference between a forecast study and a review?
Which general tool for forecasting winds are graphical in nature,...
What tool provides a summary of monthly and annual climatic data for a...
How do strong winds affect heating?
Which term defines a change in state from a solid to a gas?
What is the most efficient method of cloud droplet growth?
Turbulence should not be anticipated in areas of:
What are the only two agencies authorized to issue warnings on...
What wind speed do strong nonconvective winds exceed?
Convective temperature is the temperature that surface air must reach...
Of what areas do polar orbiting satellites provide coverage?
How fast do the currents of the Gulf Stream system move?
Straight-line winds of a constant wind speed would characterize a wind...
Thunderstorm occurrences are an example of
The type of deviation used most often in meteorological studies is the
Rome, Italy and New York City are at approximately the same latitude,...
A secondary cause of the surface ocean currents is the
Cloud streets are very similar to cloud lines except the
Trewartha's climatic classification states that mountainous (highland...
Describe a mesoscale system.
Which of the following is a synoptic system?
How can the process of determining the root causes of a weather...
What is the three-part arrangement that most communication follows?
What is density altitude?
What changes of state absorb heat from the surrounding environment?
Which condition increases the probability of fog formation?
What type icing, if any, will an aircraft encounter if icing...
The combination of cold air aloft and warm surface air can produce a
Where would you forecast heavy snow in relation to the path of the...
The northern extension of the Gulf Stream system is called the
What two fog types can we best discern on meteorological satellite...
An area has a stationary air mass over its coastline and the land...
The size and shape of a cumulonimbus cloud's anvil cirrus are...
What is a general tool for forecasting clouds that is derived from...
What is the primary concern when forecasting shamals?
What is upwelling?
If the boundaries of the hot belt are determined by given isotherms,...
What is taking place in the atmosphere when enhanced cumulus starts to...
What often determines the name of a synoptic weather regime?
Which of the following information is not available via the...
Except for possible convection along the cold front, which conveyor...
When you estimate sea-level pressures using meteorological satellite...
What is the most important climatic element in Africa?
Forecast reviews will generally fall under the following four...
The type and intensity of precipitation observed at the earth's...
A heat wave over the Midwestern and eastern part of the United States...
How long can surface winds keep a vortex of turbulence over a runway?
What is the average 500mb wind flow angle for an NWF event?
What kind of thunderstorm is the closest to a three-stage, non-severe...
What indicates a temperature increase with an increase in height...
Which element of precipitation includes such deposits as dew, frost,...
Climatologists are mostly interested in which elements of wind?
Under Wien's Law, on what is the wavelength of the maximum irradiance...
What is the effect of land and water distribution on air circulation...
Geosynchronous satellites orbit the earth at the same angular velocity...
What causes the ocean currents in the northern Indian Ocean to reverse...
What is the effect of a forest on local temperatures?
Name the five basic climatic zones.
What are the climatic elements upon which Köppen's...
What are the two temperature indexes that forecasters calculate?
The average or collective state of the earth's atmosphere at any given...
How many channels are sensed by special sensor microwave/imagery...
What is the scan width of the special sensor microwave/imagery (SSM/I)...
What special sensor microwave/imagery (SSM/I) product form is derived...
The climate of a region is impacted most by
Which pressure centers are the major climatic controls affecting...
Where would the jet axis be located with lee-of-the-mountain cirrus?
What are the two best clues for locating the North Pacific Current?
What central pressure would a low have if the maximum winds are found...
The heat index depends on the
With a warm front, the amount and type of cloudiness depends on the...
If no inversion is present, forecast the maximum surface wind gusts to...
Which ice protection system is activated before the aircraft enters...
With a frontal system, the greatest icing occurs when updrafts exist....
What are the moist and dry adiabatic lapse rates in C?
Which is a vectorial average?
What are the two fastest ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere?
Leeside clearing along the eastern slopes of the Rockies and the...
What happens to cumulus clouds that develop upwind of a lake and over...
With a flat, fast westerly flow aloft, in which direction does the...
What region of the CONUS has the most thunderstorm activity?
How long can a post-frontal dust storm last?
Why does the isobar spacing on a Skew-T chart increase from the bottom...
Typically how much sunlight does a station near the equator receive?
Which sides of mountains receive the greatest amount of...
What frequencies have two channels to include both horizontal and...
What is the basic cause for deflection of ocean currents and air?
Which is not a use for water vapor imagery?
The highest and lowest value for any given meteorological element that...
What two general topographical features have the greatest affect on...
What causes winds generally to flow up the mountain?
Which is false concerning the classification of systems?
Which of the following is a mesoscale system?
When interpreting clouds in the lower troposphere, what can you use to...
Where would you expect predominantly wet, cloudy, and relatively warm...
Which would be useful for testing and developing new forecast...
After reanalyzing the data for a forecast review or study, what...
Generally, what front is connected with the snow or rain zone?
Cap, rotor, and lenticular clouds are characteristic of which...
What values do you need to compute the pressure altitude?