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BASIC TOPICS QUIZ

METEOROLOGIST JEFF HABY
The following 20 question quiz asks multiple choice questions based on the information covered
at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/basic/
An answer key is provided at the bottom of this webpage.
1. For every 10 C the Celsius temperature changes, the Fahrenheit temperature changes by:
a. 5 F
b. 9 F
c. 18 F
d. 29 F
2. 50 knots is equal to:

a. 43.5 miles per hour
b. 50 miles per hour
c. 5 miles per hour
d. 57.5 miles per hour
3. 100 miles per hour is equal to:

a. 161 kilometers per hour
b. 115 kilometers per hour
c. 87 kilometers per hour
d. 62 kilometers per hour
4. When it is 12 Z in New York City, NY it is also 12 Z in Los Angeles, CA.

a. True
b. False
5. Central Standard Time occurs in:

a. The cooler half of the year
b. The warmer half of the year
6. It turns the next day in the United States before it turns the next day in Europe.
a. True
b. False
7. This is a line of equal sea level atmospheric pressure change over a given time:
a. Isobar
b. Height change
c. Isotach
d. Isallobar
8. A map is showing contours of temperature, dewpoint and height. The contours on the map
include:
a. Isobars, isotachs and isodrosotherms
b. Isotherms, isodrosotherms and isohypse
c. Isotherms, isohyets, and isobars
d. Isohypse, isallobars and isotherms
9. A thickness line is the vertical distance between two:

a. Isobars
b. Isohypse
c. Isotherms
d. Isodops
10. In meteorology, wind direction is expressed as the direction the wind is ____________.
a. Going toward
b. Coming from
11. Which of the following statements does not have an error?:

a. The height is 990 millibars
b. The surface pressure is 3,000 geopotential meters
c. The dewpoint depression is negative 7
d. The height change is 40 meters
12. A wind from 135 degrees is a ____________ wind.

a. Northeast
b. Northwest
c. Southeast
d. Southwest
13. This is the equation used to calculate thickness between two pressure surfaces:
a. Hypsometric
b. Hydrostatic
c. Poisson's
d. Clausius-Clapeyron
14. This equation relates pressure, density and temperature.

a. Hypsometric
b. Newton's second law of motion
c. Poisson's
d. Ideal gas law
15. When latent heat is absorbed, the surrounding environment:

a. Warms
b. Cools
16. These are both warm core lows:

a. Anticyclone, hurricane
b. Midlatitude cyclone, thermal heat low
c. Hurricane, thermal heat low
d. Nor-easter, mid-latitude cyclone
17. A sign that a cold core low is maturing and can undergo further intensification is when it
tilts toward the cold air with height.
a. True
b. False
18. These two air masses are similar but this one is the coldest and driest:
a. Continental Polar
b. Continental Arctic
19. All the following terms mean Planetary Boundary Layer except:
a. Friction layer
b. Surface wind layer
c. Boundary layer
d. Free atmosphere
20. When winds are light, the Planetary Boundary Layer will:
a. Expand
b. Contract
KEY
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. B
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. B
ANALYSIS QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/charts/
1. This chart will have the most data available for the operational meteorologist to interpret:
a. Surface
b. 850 mb
c. 500 mb
d. 300 mb
2. All of the following charts have height contours except:

a. Surface
b. 850 mb
c. 500 mb
d. 300 mb
3. This occurs when the downstream wind speeds are faster than the upstream wind speeds:
a. Rising air
b. Sinking air
c. Convergence
d. Divergence
4. This is a region of high heights:

a. Surface high
b. Shortwave
c. Ridge
d. Trough
5. Both of the following promote rising air:

a. Low Level Cold Air Advection, Differential Positive Vorticity Advection
b. Low Level Warm Air Advection, Differential Positive Vorticity Advection
c. Low Level Cold Air Advection, Differential Negative Vorticity Advection
d. Low Level Warm Air Advection, Differential Negative Vorticity Advection
6. If the height contours are parallel to the isotherms a forecaster would expect:
a. Thermal advection to take place
b. No thermal advection to take place
7. A height contour is also known as an ___________.

a. Isodrosotherm
b. Isotach
c. Isobar
d. Isohyet
e. Isohypse
8. The strength of thermal advection is determined by the spacing of height contours, the
spacing of isotherms and:
a. The temperature gradient
b. The wind speed
c. The angle the height contours and isotherms intersect
d. The spacing of isobars
9. This side of a shortwave is most likely to have uplift, clouds and precipitation:
a. Right side (downstream of shortwave axis, exit sector)
b. Left side (upstream of shortwave axis, entrance sector)
10. A region with sinking air and warming of an air mass is most likely to experience:
a. Positive Vorticity Advection
b. Ridging
c. Troughing
d. Upslope flow
11. A shortwave that has temperature advections associated with it is a _________ shortwave.
a. Barotropic
b. Baroclinic
12. As a 700 mb shortwave approaches, a forecaster would expect heights at 700 mb to:
a. Increase
b. Decrease
13. This is the type of vorticity generated from wind speeds changing over synoptic scale
distances:
a. Shear
b. Curvature
c. Coriolis
14. A vort max will be located at the point where there is:
a. The greatest uplift
b. The greatest warm air advection
c. The greatest combination of positive shear and positive curvature vorticity
d. The greatest positive vorticity advection
15. When vorticity advection is occurring, the upward forcing from positive vorticity advection
will occur __________ from the axis of highest vorticity.
a. Downstream
b. Upstream
16. From the answers below, a vorticity maximum is most likely to be found:
a. In the axis of a ridge
b. In tropical locations
c. Near the core of a high pressure system
d. In the axis of a shortwave
17. A weakening trough is one that is:

a. Digging
b. Deepening
c. Lifting
d. Amplifying
18. If the 300 mb winds are much stronger in the entrance sector of a trough than they are in
the exit sector of a trough the trough will:
a. Dig
b. Lift
19. On the global scale, the Pressure Gradient Force points from the equator toward the pole in
the middle latitudes. What force causes this wind to be deflected from that path of motion to
create the typically west to east flowing jet stream aloft in the middle latitudes?:
a. Friction
b. Centripetal
c. Gravity
d. Coriolis
20. This quadrant is in the entrance sector of a jet streak and dynamic lifting is favorable:
a. Left front
b. Right front
c. Left rear
d. Right rear
KEY
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. E
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. D
17. C
18. A
19. D
20. D
CLOUDS QUIZ
at this following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/clouds/ and other sources.
1. These are high clouds that are composed of ice crystals:

a. Cumulus
b. Nimbostratus
c. Altocumulus
d. Cirrus
2. A wall cloud is an example of a(n):

a. Accessory cloud
b. Upper level cloud
c. Cirrus
d. Lenticular
3. Clouds that develop due to convective uplift are termed:

a. Stratiform clouds
b. Noctilucent clouds
c. Cumulus clouds
d. Fair weather
4. Which of the following is a cloud on the ground?:

a. Funnel cloud
b. Fog
c. Wall cloud
d. Shelf cloud
e. All of the above
5. All the following are cirrus type clouds except:

a. Mackerel sky
b. Mare's tails
c. Anvil
d. Fractus
e. Uncinus
6. Precipitation generated from dynamic lifting and not convective lifting will fall from a
_____________ clouds.
a. Nimbostratus
b. Cumulonimbus
7. The prefix "alto" means:

a. Upper
b. Middle
c. Lower
8. The two ingredients needed to form clouds aloft are:

a. Instability and lifting
b. Lifting and saturated air
c. Wind shear and Lifting
d. Air with a high dewpoint and instability
9. Which clouds occurs at the highest altitude:

a. Altostratus
b. Cirrostratus
c. Stratocumulus
d. Noctilucent
e. Lenticular
10. The term stratus means:

a. Vertically developed
b. Upper level
c. Horizontally layered
d. Low level
11. Cloud droplets can remain liquid even when they have a temperature of below freezing.
a. True
b. False
12. A mid-latitude cyclone will often have a __________ shape on satellite imagery.
a. Rectangular
b. Dumbbell
c. Comma
d. Pentagon
13. These are cirrocumulus that look like fish scales.

a. Lenticular
b. Mackerel Sky
c. Mare's tails
d. Uncinus
14. A ring around the sun or moon will show when they shine through this cloud:
a. Nimbostratus
b. Altocumulus
c. Fair weather cumulus
d. Cirrostratus
15. The most fair weathered and smallest of the cumulus clouds is the:
a. Cumulus congestus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Cumulus humilis
16. Fog formed by cooling of the earth's surface at night is:

a. Radiation fog
b. Advection fog
c. Steam fog
d. Frontal fog
17. Precipitation that vaporizes before making it to the earth's surface is:
a. Fog
b. Virga
c. Cloud droplets
d. Haze
18. The clouds produced behind aircraft exhaust that is often visible high aloft are called
contrails.
a. True
b. False
19. The height of stratus cloud bases tends to lower as a warm front approaches.
a. True
b. False
20. This is the visible portion of a tornadic circulation produced by condensation of rapidly
rotating rising air.
a. Hook echo
b. Mammatus
c. Funnel cloud
d. Wall cloud
KEY
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. C
FORECASTING PHILOSOPHY QUIZ

at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/philosophy/
1. Good forecasters learn the tools of making a forecast through:

a. Time spent learning as much weather analysis and forecasting as they can
b. Concentrating on and understanding the weather data
c. Learning from other forecasters
d. Having a solid college meteorology education
e. All of the above
2. This is a term for investigating weather analysis and forecasting questions a person may
have. It requires looking up information in books, journals, webpages, etc.
a. Meteorology coursework
b. On the job forecasting experience
c. Research
d. Weather analysis
3. Often the greatest and quickest strides in becoming a good forecaster occur through:
a. Meteorology coursework
b. On the job forecasting experience
c. Research
d. Watching others forecast
4. A degree in meteorology guarantees that a person will be a good weather forecaster.

a. True
b. False
5. The weather determines how:

a. People dress
b. People eat
c. People travel
d. People entertain themselves
e. All of the above
6. A broadcast meteorologist has to be the most serious and informative during:

a. Severe weather events
b. High pressure days
c. The morning show
7. Which of the following has the least description:

a. It will most likely rain in the afternoon
b. The rain will be heavy at times
c. About half an inch of rain can be expected
d. There is a 30% chance of rain
8. Meteorologists will often get questions that a ___________ would be best at answering.
Therefore, it is important for the meteorologist to have a strong handle on all the geosciences
and space sciences so that they can handle these questions when they are posed.
a. Astronomer
b. Geologist
c. Oceanographer
d. Climatologist
e. All of the above
9. A practical purpose for having correct forecasts is to:

a. Save businesses and people time and money
b. Prevent injuries and save lives
c. Successfully plan, prepare and dress for traveling, commuting and shopping
d. All of the above
10. It is a good idea to forecast with an accuracy that you know will not be achievable in many
cases since your forecast will have more specific detail than the forecasts generated by others.
a. True
b. False
11. What is an in-house meteorologist?:

a. A meteorologist that works out of the house
b. A meteorologist that does not have a forecasting job
c. A meteorologist that is employed by the business they are forecasting for
d. A meteorologist that forecasts the weather conditions that occur inside a house
12. These forecasters work for the federal government:

a. Private weather forecasters
b. In-house meteorologists
c. National Weather Service forecasters
d. Farmers
e. The general public
13. Forecasting is an:

a. Art
b. Science
c. Both a and b
14. At some point in the future it will be possible to make perfect forecasts.
a. True
b. False
15. The question, "How is the weather going to be on my wedding in a month from now?" is
best answered:
a. Meteorologically
b. Climatologically
c. Randomly
d. Not at all
16. If one thing can be said about the weather it is that it is:
a. Constantly changing
b. Boring
c. Always the same
d. Always unpredictable
17. A good forecast is one that offers:

a. Actionable information
b. Information based on multiple data sources
c. Information based on the most update data
d. Information on mesoscale effects
e. Information that is communicated clearly
f. All of the above
18. What often happens when a forecaster makes a habit of "sticking the head out too far" too
often:
a. Brilliant forecast accuracy
b. Busted forecasts
19. One of the more difficult forecasts to make is the:

a. Winter precipitation forecast
b. Fog forecast
c. Hurricane landfall forecast
d. All of the above
20. Give a severe weather situation the coverage it deserves without hype or being overly calm.
a. True
b. False
KEY
1. E
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. E
6. A
7. D
8. E
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. F
18. B
19. D
20. A
JARGON QUIZ
The following questions asks multiple choice questions based on the information covered at the
links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/jargon/
1. Spell out what the following forecast discussion abbreviations stand for:
ATTM, MXD, CWA, ZR, TDA, ADV, BLO, CG, FA, FROPA
GFS, HVY, INVOF, IP, LLJ, LSR, MCS, MISG, MOS, WL
PBL, PDS, POP, PW, QPF, SFC, UVV, WAA, YDA, WK
4. This is a horizontal transport of air (fairly parallel to earth's surface or a pressure surface):
a. Convection
b. Advection
c. Subjection
d. Objection
5. A high pressure system is a(n):

a. Cyclone
b. Shortwave
c. Longwave trough
d. Anticyclone
6. An overcast sky (cloudy conditions) is given the abbreviation:

a. CL
b. BKN
c. OVC
d. CC
7. This is the V-shaped pattern due to wind shear around a supercell and is seen on radar:
a. V-notch
b. Enhanced-V
c. V-rbatum
d. Visible-V
8. The weakening of a front is known as:

a. Frontal forcing
b. Frontogenesis
c. Frontocyclosis
d. Frontolysis
9. This is a temperature increase with height:

a. Hydrolapse
b. Inversion
c. Steep lapse rate
d. Superadiabatic lapse rate
10. An isotach is a line of constant:

a. Temperature
b. Dewpoint
c. Wind speed
d. Height
11. The is the term for when several precipitation types are falling at once or over a period of
time.
a. Nutty weather
b. Mixed bag
c. Barotropic
d. Delirious precip
12. The tilt of a trough that often indicates greater instability is:
a. Negatively tilted trough
b. Positively tilted trough
c. Neutrally tiled trough
13. Nocturnal means:

a. Very unstable
b. Developing rapidly
c. Moving rapidly
d. Occurring at night
e. Occurring during day
14. All of the following indicate dynamic lifting of air except:

a. Upper level divergence
b. CONQ
c. Positive Omega forcing
d. Subsidence
15. Another term for a short wave trough is a(n):

a. Open wave
b. Closed low
c. Cut-off low
d. Barotropic trough
16. The term quasi (i.e. quasi-geostrophic) means:

a. Absolutely
b. Not
c. Nearly
d. Opposite of
17. Retrograde motion means to:

a. Accelerate forward
b. Move backwards from the normal direction
c. Strengthening rapidly
d. Occlude and weaken
18. A spin-up is:

a. Frontolysis
b. Frontogenesis
c. An increase in rate of rotation
d. A decrease in rate of rotation
19. An occluded mid-latitude cyclone will:

a. Tilt significantly with height
b. Strengthen rapidly
c. Have strong cold and warm fronts connected to the center of circulation
d. Have a vertically stacked structure
20. This is a wind that turns clockwise with height and is associated with warm air advection:
a. Backing wind
b. Veering wind
KEY
1. At the moment, mixed, county warning area, freezing rain, today, below, cloud to ground,
forecast area, frontal passage
2. Global Forecast System, heavy, in the vicinity of, ice pellets, low level jet, local storm report,
mesoscale convective system, missing, model output statistics, will
3. Planetary boundary layer, potentially dangerous situation, probability of precipitation,
precipitable water, quantitative precipitation forecast, surface, upward vertical velocity, warm
air advection, yesterday, weak
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. D
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. B
MESOSCALE QUIZ
The following 20 question quiz asks multiple choice questions based on basic mesoscale
meteorology
1. The mesoscale front that is found along coastlines during the afternoon due to differential
heating between land and sea is the:
a. Sea breeze
b. Outflow
c. Land breeze
d. Vegetation boundary
2. Which of the following is mesoscale in size and time:

a. Mid-latitude cyclone
b. Jet stream
c. Thunderstorm
d. Squall line
3. Instability can generally increase due to:

a. Surface cold front passage
b. Daytime heating
c. Boundary layer inversion intensification
d. Dry punch into boundary layer
4. The forecast models have the most difficult time resolving this feature:
a. Mid-latitude cyclones
b. Mountains
c. The jet stream
d. Mid-latitude anti-cyclones
5. In this layer of the troposphere friction is a significant force. In this layer winds tend to be
gusty especially at higher wind speeds and convective mixing is common.
a. Boundary layer
b. Free atmosphere
c. Tropopause
d. Elevated warm layer
6. Surface boundaries that experience a density discontinuity in a thunderstorm situation tend

to:
a. Enhanced uplift and wind shear in the thunderstorm environment
b. Reduce uplift and wind shear in the thunderstorm environment
7. A region of high velocity wind in the lower troposphere due to a strong thermal gradient
near the cold front boundary is termed the:
a. Jet streak
b. Subtropical jet
c. Monsoonal jet
d. Low level jet
8. The warm air advection pattern associated with a baroclinic shortwave tends to occur in the
______ in relation to the shortwave axis.
a. Upstream area
b. Downstream area
9. All Mesoscale Convective Complexes are Mesoscale Convective Systems.

a. True
b. False
10. The temperature will often be warmer behind the dryline as compared to ahead of the
dryline in the afternoon due to:
a. Less cloud cover to reflect solar radiation
b. Drier land resulting in more sensible heating from the sun
c. Adiabatic warming from a downsloping wind
d. All of the above
11. A region experiencing strong positive vorticity advection will likely also experience
______________ since rising air cools adiabatically.
a. Height rises
b. Height falls
12. A region experiencing strong low level warm air advection will likely also experience
____________ since warmer air has a larger volume than the same mass of colder air.
a. Height rises
b. Height falls
13. The surface wind experienced in the boundary layer is a result of these three forces:
a. Coriolis, centrifugal, gravity
b. Pressure gradient force, gravity, Coriolis
c. Coriolis, Pressure gradient force, friction
d. Centrifugal, Coriolis, pressure gradient force
14. The term "meso" means:
a. Big
b. Middle
c. Small
15. An increase of boundary layer dewpoints can occur from:

a. Moisture advection from a warm body of water
b. Evaporation of precipitation aloft and from the surface
c. Transpiration from plants and evaporation from wet soils
d. All of the above
16. In which case could higher elevation regions be warmer than lower elevation regions:
a. Inversion produced by shallow cold air within lower troposphere
b. Cold front banking against higher elevation regions
c. Higher elevation regions shadowing lower elevation regions
d. Cold air drainage toward lower elevations
e. All of the above
17. The side of a mountain range that has upslope wind and is more likely to have clouds and
precipitation is the ____________ side.
a. Windward
b. Leeward
18. This is a high speed segment of wind within the Polar jet stream produced by a region of
enhanced temperature gradient in the troposphere.
a. Low level jet
b. Eddy
c. Jet streak (jet surge, jetlet)
d. Vorticity maximum
19. Strong mesoscale upward forcing will occur where:

a. Low level winds diverge
b. Two low level convergence boundaries intersect
c. Frontolysis occurs
d. The temperature and moisture gradient are reduced
20. On hot sunny days, the temperature over a lake surface tends to be cooler than over a land
surface. Why?
a. Water has a higher heat capacity than land
b. Heat can mix through a larger depth within water than it can on land
c. Evaporation over the water surface absorbs latent heat and thus cools the air
d. Often sunlight will reflect more from a water surface as compared to a land surface
e. All of the above
KEY
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. D
16. E
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. E
FORECAST MODELS QUIZ

at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/models/
1. The best prog to analysis pure thermal advection for locations near sea level is:
a. Surface
b. 850 mb
c. 500 mb
d. 300 mb
2. The prog that upward vertical velocity is usually displayed upon is:
a. Surface
b. 700 mb
c. 500 mb
d. 300 mb
3. The jet stream, jet streaks, longwave pattern, and amplification pattern of troughs and
ridges is analyzed at:
a. 300 mb
b. 700 mb
c. 850 mb
d. Surface
4. All these models are primarily used for short term forecasts (0 to 48 hours) except:
a. ETA
b. NGM
c. AVN
d. GFS
5. For vertical motion to occur from 500 mb vorticity which of the following needs to occur:
a. The value of the vort max to be increasing over time
b. The value of the vort max to be decreasing over time
c. A wind flow through the vorticity gradient
d. A wind flow parallel to the vorticity gradient
6. High values of relative humidity always mean there is a large quantity of water vapor in the
air.
a. True
b. False
7. Instability on the models is assessed through both the:

a. CAPE and LI
b. Vertical velocity and Helicity
c. Dewpoint and relative humidity
d. Thermal advection and vorticity advection
8. This is a numerical form of model data for a specific location:

a. FWC
b. PVA
c. MPL
d. MOS
9. The tendency for a forecast model to make the same mistake each time similar weather
conditions set-up for a particular region is termed a model:
a. Deviation
b. Error
c. Bias
d. Mistake
10. Dynamic upward vertical motion on the forecast models assess the strength of a
thunderstorm's convective updraft if they develop.
a. True
b. False
11. A 1000 to 500 mb thickness of 6,000 meters would indicate:

a. A column of very warm air
b. A column of very cold air
12. Air will __________________ along frontal boundaries.

a. Diverge
b. Converge
13. 850 temperatures tend to warm in which situation:

a. Strong dynamic lifting
b. Cold air advection pattern
c. Evaporation into the air
d. Downsloping wind
14. Rain can not occur if instability is not present.

a. True
b. False
15. A ridge is a region of ____________ and _____________.

a. Higher heights and warmer temperatures
b. Higher heights and colder temperatures
c. Lower heights and warmer temperatures
d. Lower heights and colder temperatures
16. Which of the following is displayed on the 1000-mb model ETA prog?
a. The upper level trough-ridge pattern
b. Convergence
c. Surface temperature
d. Predicted precipitation
17. Which of the following is shown on all the 850, 700, 500 and 300 mb ETA prog panels?
a. Temperature and dewpoint
b. Height contours and horizontal wind vectors
c. Wind direction and temperature
d. Vertical velocity and relative humidity
18. A decreasing thickness over time due to temperature advection indicates:

a. Cold air advection
b. Warm air advection
19. The ___________ pressure systems tend to cover a larger spatial area.
a. High
b. Low
20. This prog is used to pick out both short waves and vorticity centers.
a. 850 mb
b. 700 mb
c. 500 mb
d. 300 mb
KEY
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. C
RADAR QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/radared/ under the
heading "ELEMENTS OF RADAR"
1. Differing colors on radar reflectivity refer to:

a. Temperature differences
b. Power transmitter back to the radar
c. Height of clouds
d. Speed that the clouds are moving
2. The ability of radar to detect wind motions within thunderstorm clouds is due to
____________ technology.
a. Satellite
b. Reflectivity
c. Cell phone
d. Doppler
3. Differing colors on radial velocity refer to:

a. Temperature differences
b. Power transmitter back to the radar
c. Height of clouds
d. Motion of hydrometeors or particulates toward or away from the radar site
4. As range increases from the radar site, the radar beam tends to climb to higher elevations
due to:
a. Earth's curvature
b. Elevation angle that beam is emitted
c. Both answers above
5. This is a mode used for high sensitivity analysis such as the detection of small particulates
and hydrometeors:
a. Clear Air Mode
b. Precipitation Mode
c. Composite Mode
d. Base Mode
6. The hydrometeor that will have the strongest reflectivity return on radar is:
a. Rain
b. Snow
c. Hail
d. Sleet
7. In precipitation mode, how often are NWS radar images updates:

a. Every 5 seconds
b. Every 50 seconds
c. Every minute
d. Every 5 minutes
8. Reflectivity from buildings and objects at the earth's surface that are picked up usually close
to the radar site are referred to as:
a. Ground Clutter
b. UFO
c. Clear air returns
d. Doppler aliasing
9. A radar beam that bends more toward the earth's surface than normal due to a strong
inversion is termed:
a. Subrefraction
b. Superrefraction
10. Radar emits energy at nearly the speed of light and the speed of light is:
a. 345 meters per second
b. 14,480 meters per second
c. 30,300 meters per second
d. 299,800,000 meters per second
11. Red on a radial velocity display indicates motion:

a. Toward the radar
b. Away from the radar
12. An S-shaped radial velocity pattern indicates a ____________ and indicates ____________.
a. Backing wind, warm air advection
b. Backing wind, cold air advection
c. Veering wind, warm air advection
d. Veering wind, cold air advection
13. Doppler radar is able to indicate if a tornadic circulation is on the ground.

a. True
b. False
14. This supercell type looks like a kidney bean on radar. The precipitation echoes wrap around
the updraft circulation. This is the most difficult supercell type to spot in the field due to poor
visibility.
a. LP
b. Classic
c. HP
15. This is the term to describe precipitation on radar reflectivity products that partially wraps
around the mid-level mesocyclone region of a supercell.
a. Inflow notch
b. Bounded Weak Echo Region
c. Gust front
d. Hook echo
16. A TVS icon denotes a possible:

a. Hail shaft
b. Supercell
c. Tornadic circulation
d. Microburst
17. The resolution of radar data ____________ with distance away from the radar site.
a. Increases
b. Decreases
18. With the same amount of moisture, dry snow will have ___________ reflectivity compared
to wet snow.
a. The same
b. A higher
c. A lower
19. The Doppler dilemma states there is a(n) _____________ relationship between the
unambiguous range and the unambiguous velocity.
a. Inverse
b. Direct
c. Unknown
20. As a train with a whistle approaches a stationary observer, the whistle will have a
__________ frequency (pitch) and lower wavelength relative to the observer's detection as the
train approaches the observer as compared to when the train whistle is moving away from the
observer.
a. Higher
b. Lower
KEY
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A
SATELLITE QUIZ
The following 20 question quiz asks multiple choice questions based on satellite weather
information.
1. This is the fraction of visible radiation that reflects off an object:

a. Opaqueness
b. Albedo
c. Transmissivity
d. Color
2. Cloud shadowing is best seen on this type of satellite image:

a. Visible
b. Infrared
c. Water Vapor
3. This satellite imagery shows contrasting temperatures of cloud tops. Approximate cloud
heights can be determined using this imagery:
a. Visible
b. Infrared
c. Water Vapor
4. If a colder surface is next to a warmer surface on conventional infrared imagery, which one
will appear more white on the satellite image output?
a. The colder surface
b. The warmer surface
5. On visible imagery, fog will cover unfrozen lakes and rivers while snow will not.
a. True
b. False
6. The process of distributing heat by mixing air is:

a. Radiation
b. Conduction
c. Convection
7. Half of the earth's atmosphere is below _________ kilometers of elevation.
a. 550
b. 55
c. 5.5
d. 0.6
8. Clouds on satellite imagery can be identified by their:

a. Texture
b. Brightness
c. Temperature
d. All of the above
9. In this season visible imagery is most useful since the days are longer and the sun angle is
higher:
a. Summer
b. Winter
10. An advantage of infrared imagery over visible imagery is that:

a. Infrared imagery is best at detecting thunderstorm texture
b. Infrared imagery is best at detecting cloud thickness
c. Infrared imagery can be used at night
d. All of the above
11. This imagery detects moisture or lack of moisture in the middle and upper layers of the
troposphere:
a. Visible
b. Infrared
c. Water vapor
12. This imagery has the highest resolution of data:

a. Visible
b. Infrared
c. Water vapor
13. This is the best imagery for detecting low clouds when the earth's surface and the clouds
have the same temperature.
a. Visible
b. Infrared
c. Water vapor
14. The wavelength of visible light is:

a. 4 to 7 meters
b. 4 to 7 centimeters
c. 4 to 7 millimeters
d. 0.4 to 0.7 micrometers
15. When sunlight strikes a layer of fresh snow, most of the energy that makes up the sunlight
will be:
a. Reflected by the snow
b. Absorbed by the snow
c. Transmitted through the snow and into the ground
16. NWS meteorologists often issue tornado warnings using satellite data. Satellite has a distinct
advantage over radar when it comes to tornado detection.
a. True
b. False
17. The altitude of a GOES weather satellite is:

a. 35 kilometers
b. 350 kilometers
c. 3,500 kilometers
d. 35,000 kilometers
e. 350,000 kilometers
18. This enhancement scheme is used to highlight temperatures at the top of thunderstorm
clouds:
a. ZA
b. BD
c. MB
19. The sun angle above the horizon at the earth's surface is highest in the middle latitudes
during:
a. The start of summer
b. The middle of summer
c. The end of summer
20. This is a long line of strong storms that develops due to a common forcing mechanism:
a. Supercell
b. Squall line
c. MCC
d. Sea breeze
KEY
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. D
15. A
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. B
SEVERE WEATHER QUIZ

at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/severe/
1. The most important factor in determining how large hail will be in a storm once a storm is
mature is the:
a. Amount of instability
b. Amount of shear
c. Surface dewpoint being greater than 65 F
d. Upper level divergence and low level convergence
2. A potential severe weather situation in which warm and moist air is in the lower troposphere
and very dry air is in the middle troposphere is termed _______________ instability.
a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Absolute
d. Convective
3. This causes the updraft of a storm to tilt and is important to the generation of Helicity:
a. Instability
b. Downdraft
c. Wind shear
d. Surface heating
4. Which of the following can cause Convective Available Potential Energy to increase?
a. Strong mid-level subsidence
b. Solar surface heating
c. Strong low level cold air advection
d. A drying of the boundary layer
5. This is a protrusion at the top of a convective storm due to the strongest portion of the
updraft penetrating into the troposphere:
a. Mammatus
b. Overshooting top
c. Anvil
d. Wall cloud
6. About __________ percent of mesocyclones produce tornadoes.

a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 55%
d. 70%
7. A cap of 1.5 C and convective inhibition of 25 J/kg in the boundary layer at 10 am is

indicative of a ____________ capping inversion.
a. Strong
b. Weak
8. The low level jet generally has the strongest winds and is most climatologically found in
which of the following regions on the United States of the choices below?
a. New England
b. Pacific Northwest
c. Southwest U.S.
d. Great Plains
9. A one inch diameter hail stone is about the diameter of a:
a. Dime
b. Pea
c. Quarter
d. Golf ball
10. When saturated air rises, latent heat of condensation release makes the rising air
___________ than it otherwise would be if it was unsaturated.
a. Warmer
b. Colder
11. A bubble rising in a glass of coke is synonymous with:

a. Forced dynamic lifting
b. Instability release
c. Convective Inhibition
d. Negative buoyancy
12. The best moisture parameter to assess the amount of moisture in the air from the choices
below is:
a. Relative Humidity
b. Temperature
c. CAPE
d. Dewpoint
13. These are pouched shaped clouds that protrude downward from the thunderstorm's anvil.
They form as negatively buoyant moisture laden air sinks.
a. Wall cloud
b. Flanking line
c. Mammatus
d. Rain free base
14. The change in wind direction with height is known as:

a. Directional shear
b. Helicity
c. Speed shear
d. Vorticity
15. For positive vorticity to promote rising air it must be:

a. Increasing
b. Rotating
c. Changing
d. Advecting
16. 1000 Joules per kilogram (J/kg) is a value of:

a. CAPE
b. Helicity
c. Vorticity
d. Energy Helicity
17. The whiter rings of a hailstone are produced by:

a. Growth from precipitation that is liquid on the hailstone and then freezes
b. Growth from contact by supercooled water and ice crystals while the hailstone remains
below freezing
18. Hail is more likely to reach the surface in a severe weather situation:
a. In low elevation regions
b. When the CAPE is smaller
c. When the freezing level is closer to the surface
d. When wind shear weakens
19. The Energy Helicity Index (EHI) takes into consideration both:
a. Wind shear and moisture
b. Instability and moisture
c. Forced lifting and wind shear
d. Wind shear and instability
20. Which of the following is the most unstable Lifted Index?

a. 4
b. 0
c. -4
KEY
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. A
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. C
SKEW-T QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://www.theweatherprediction.com/thermo/ under the
headings "Skew-T Log-P Education and Indice Interpretation" and "Skew-T Application"
1. A parcel of air rising when plotted on the Skew-T can only __________ as it rises.
a. Warm
b. Cool
c. Remain isothermal
2. National Weather Service weather balloon launches are done _________ time(s) per day.
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
3. The environmental temperature is the:

a. Wet or dry adiabatic lapse rate
b. Parcel lapse rate
c. Dewpoint lapse rate
d. Actual temperature measured by the weather balloon
4. A sounding with no CAPE has no _____________.

a. Instability
b. Equilibrium Level (EL)
c. Level of Free Convection (LFC)
d. Any answer above
5. A hydrolapse is ______________.
a. A dramatic wind shift with height
b. A dramatic temperature increase with height
c. A dramatic dewpoint decrease with height
d. A dramatic temperature decrease with height
6. The ________ is the pressure level of cloud bases when surface heating results in positive
buoyancy of surface based parcels of air.
a. Convective Condensation Level (CCL)
b. Level of Free Convection (LFC)
c. Lifted Condensation Level (LCL)
d. Equilibrium Level (EL)
7. Lifted unsaturated air will _____________ in relative humidity.

a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Have a constant value
8. At a particular pressure level, this is the temperature that results after complete evaporation
occurs into initially unsaturated air:
a. Dewpoint
b. Mixing ratio
c. Wet Bulb
d. Potential
9. This is the distance between two pressure levels and is a function of the temperature and
moisture characteristics of that column of air between two pressure levels:
a. Thickness
b. Helicity
c. SWEAT
d. Temperature gradient
10. An inversion is ______________.

a. A wind shift with height
b. A temperature increase with height
c. A dewpoint increase with height
d. A temperature decrease with height
11. If the temperature is -5 C and the dewpoint is -10 C then the dewpoint depression in Celsius
difference is:
a. 15
b. -5
c. 5
d. 15
12. This index assesses the BALANCE between instability and vertical wind shear:
a. Energy Helicity Index (EHI)
b. Lifted Index (LI)
c. Total Totals (TT)
d. Bulk Richardson Number (BRN)
13. Elevated convection from the top of the boundary layer would best be assessed by using the:
a. Showalter Index (SI)
c. Surface based CAPE
d. Convective Inhibition
14. When CAPE exists, which of the following will be at the highest elevation?:
a. Maximim Parcel Level (MPL)
b. Level of Free Convection (LFC)
c. Equilibrium Level (EL)
d. Lifted Condensation Level (LCL)
15. When forecasting hail which index is least important to know:

a. Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE)
c. Surface Relative Humidity (SFC RH)
d. Freezing Level (FRZ)
16. A clockwise turning of the wind with height is termed a ___________ wind.
a. Backing
b. Veering
c. Retrograding
d. Decreasing
17. A line of equal temperature is called a(n) __________________.

a. Isodrosotherm
b. Height contour
c. Thickness line
d. Isotherm
18. The wet adiabates will be nearly parallel to the dry adiabates when rising saturated air is:
a. Very warm
b. Accelerating
c. Very cold
d. Deceleration
19. The dry adiabatic lapse rate is equal to:

a. 9.8 C/km
b. 6.5 C/km
c. 5.5 C/km
d. 1.0 C/km
20. Rain that freezes after hitting the ground is:

a. Sleet
b. Freezing rain
c. Graupel
d. Ice Pellets
KEY
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. B
SYNOPTIC QUIZ
The following 20 question quiz asks multiple choice questions based on basic synoptic
meteorology
1. A large scale region of homogeneous air at the earth's surface is a(n):

a. Front
b. Air mass
c. Cyclone
d. Shortwave
2. A boundary between distinct synoptic scale air masses is term a(n):

a. Front
b. Inversion
c. Cyclone
d. Trough
3. These are cold core lows that form in the mid-latitudes due to synoptic scale temperature
gradients:
a. Hurricanes
b. Ridges
c. Polar highs
d. Mid-latitude cyclones
4. Rising air on the synoptic scale can occur due to either:

a. Low level cold air advection or upper level convergence
b. Low level cold air advection or upper level divergence
c. Low level warm air advection or upper level divergence
d. Low level warm air advection or upper level convergence
5. A large scale region of clockwise spinning air that tends to bring a lack of precipitation is
a(n):
a. Cyclone
b. Anticyclone
c. Vort max
d. Jet streak
6. The term for when less dense air flows over and lifts over more dense air on the synoptic
scale is termed:
a. Convective uplift
b. CAPE release
c. Cold air advection
d. Isentropic lift
7. This is a dry and hot air mass that has a source region over arid and semi-arid locations:
a. Continental tropical
b. Maritime tropical
c. Continental polar
d. Maritime polar
8. All of following terms mean the same except:

a. Upslope flow
b. Orographic uplift
c. Topographic uplift
d. Katabatic wind
9. As unsaturated air rises, the relative humidity of the air:

a. Increases
b. Decreases
10. A balance between the Coriolis and Pressure Gradient Force is termed the __________
wind. This balance occurs most significantly aloft in the middle latitudes with a straight flowing
wind.
a. Gradient
b. Cyclostrophic
c. Geostrophic
d. Ageostrophic
11. The percent that the air is saturated with respect to water vapor describes:
a. Mixing ratio
b. Relative humidity
c. Dewpoint
d. Absolute humidity
12. The growth of precipitation due to the vapor pressure being less over ice than over water in
a mixture of ice crystals and supercooled water is termed:
a. Collision-Coalescence process
b. Bergeron Process
c. Precipitation
d. Warm growth process
13. The force that causes air to decrease in forward speed due to contact with the earth's
surface is:
a. Coriolis
b. Gravity
c. Pressure Gradient Force
d. Friction
14. The seasons on earth are primarily caused by:

a. Earth-sun distance changes
b. The tilt of the earth
c. Earth's rotation rate
d. Changes in solar output from the sun
15. The length of a day on earth is caused by:

16. Aphelion and perihelion are caused by:

17. Low pressure systems spin ___________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

a. Clockwise
b. Counterclockwise
18. This is a violently rotating column of air being accessory to a thunderstorm that is in
contact with the earth's surface:
a. Hurricane
b. Funnel
c. Wall cloud
d. Tornado
19. All of the following are names for blocking patterns except:
a. Omega
b. Rex
c. Progressive
d. Cut-off
20. This is a boundary that separates tropical continental air from tropical maritime air and is
often found in the high plains region in Spring:
a. Cold front
b. Dry line
c. Warm front
d. Trough
KEY
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. C
20. B
THERMO QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://www.theweatherprediction.com/thermo/ under the
headings "Skew-T Log-P Education and Indice Interpretation", "Skew-T Application",
"Thermo Course" and other sources.
1. This is defined as the mass of water vapor divided by the mass of dry air in a sample of air.
a. Relative humidity
b. Mixing ratio
c. Absolute humidity
d. Specific humidity
2. This is defined as the pressure exerted by water vapor alone in a sample of air.
a. Relative humidity
b. Mixing ratio
c. Vapor pressure
d. Absolute humidity
e. Specific humidity
3. Equivalent potential temperature is also known as:

a. Saturation mixing ratio
b. Virtual temperature
c. Wet-bulb temperature
d. Theta-E
4. The convective temperature is most likely to be reached on a sunny day in which the
boundary layer is:
a. Warm and moist
b. Warm and dry
c. Cold and moist
d. Cold and dry
5. This is the pressure level in which a parcel of air becomes equal again to the surrounding
environmental temperature after the parcel rises through CAPE region. This is the pressure
level at the top of the most significant CAPE region on a sounding.
a. MPL
b. EL
c. CCL
d. LCL
6. This Index has the formula: (T850 - T500) + (Td850 - Tdd700)

a. SWEAT
b. EHI
c. KI
c. TT
7. This is a (in)stability index that compares the 500 mb surface based parcel temperature to
the 500 mb sounding temperature.
a. CAPE
b. Lifted Index
c. K index
d. EHI
8. From the surface, an inverted-V sounding will _____________ in dewpoint depression with
height.
a. Increase
b. Decrease
9. As a parcel of air sinks dry adiabatically it will ______________.

a. Warm
b. Cool
10. A parcel rises wet adiabatically by 1 kilometer. If dry adiabatic cooling is 10 C/m and
condensation warms the parcel by 4 C than it otherwise would be due to latent heat release,
then the parcel would have cooled by __________ C as it rose the 1 kilometer.
a. 14
b. 8
c. 6
d. 4
11. In a sample of tropospheric air near the surface, water vapor will be about ____________
percent of the air sample by volume.
a. 0.2 to 1
b. 1 to 4
c. 7 to 10
d. 15 to 20
12. A significant temperature decrease with height is termed a(n):

a. Stable lapse rate
b. Isothermal lapse rate
c. Inversion
d. Steep lapse rate
13. A layer in which the surface based parcel is colder than the environmental temperature is a
___________ layer.
a. Unstable
b. Stable
14. This is a circular plot that shows how the wind speed and direction change with height.
a. Hodogram
b. Skew-T Log-P diagram
c. Forecast model
d. Hodograph
15. Winds that turn ______________ with height are termed a backing wind.
a. Clockwise
b. Counterclockwise
16. When air of two different temperatures mix, the heat content will balance out over time and
the two air samples will eventually come into thermal equilibrium. When heat travels to
balance the heat content, it travels from ________________ air.
a. Warmer toward colder (excess toward deficit temperature)
b. Colder toward warmer (deficit toward excess temperature)
17. If a baseball is hit exactly the same each time, in which situation will be ball travel the
furthest (ignore wind and other effects not stated in answers).
a. Cold and dry air
b. Cold and moist air
c. Warm and dry air
d. Warm and moist air
18. Which of the following would not work on the moon?

a. Astronaut golf
b. Astronaut sky diving
c. Astronaut basketball
d. Astronaut long jump
19. The lightest gas is:

a. Helium
b. Water vapor
c. Oxygen
d. Hydrogen
20. There is no limit to how much an object can cool. An object can cool to negative infinity.
a. True
b. False
KEY
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. D
18. B
19. D
20. B
TROPICAL WX QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/tropical/ and other
sources.
1. The threshold minimum sustained wind speed to be classified as a tropical storm is:
a. 29 mph
b. 39 mph
c. 49 mph
d. 59 mph
2. The threshold minimum sustained wind speed to be classified as a hurricane is:

a. 54 mph
b. 64 mph
c. 74 mph
d. 84 mph
3. Wind pattern in the tropics are best analyzed using:

a. Isobars
b. Height contours
c. Thickness lines
d. Streamlines
4. Which of the following is most likely to be found in the tropical latitudes.

b. Cold front
c. Jet streak
d. Easterly wave
5. Wind flow is ____________ curving through an inverted trough.

a. Cyclonically
b. Anticyclonically
6. The belt of low pressure near the equator is termed the:

a. Jet stream
b. Intertropical Convergence Zone
c. Hurricane track
d. Rogue equator
e. Westerlies
7. Tropical systems tend to move toward the _____________ while in the tropics.
a. East
b. West
8. A tropical system can become a hurricane while on the equator.
a. True
b. False
9. A hurricane is a(n):
a. Cold core low
b. Thermal low
c. Warm core low
b. Anticyclonic system
10. Hurricanes need strong vertical wind shear in order to survive.

a. True
b. False
11. The center of a hurricane where subsidence occurs and often clearing occurs is termed the:
a. Eye
b. Mouth
c. Ear
d. Nostril
12. The release of enormous amounts of heat that occur in hurricanes is due to:
a. Fast wind
b. High pressure at the surface
c. Solar radiation
d. Condensation
13. The strongest portion of a hurricane including strong winds and heavy rain is the:
a. Eye
b. Eye wall
c. Feeder bands
d. Wall cloud
14. Hurricanes are rated by using the:

a. Fujita scale
b. Richter scale
c. Saffir-Simpson scale
d. Terror scale
15. The Category of a minimum hurricane is:

a. Category Alpha
b. Category 0
c. Category 1
d. Category A
16. Other than strong maximum sustained winds, heavy rain and the storm surge, hurricanes
also often produce:
a. Large hail
b. Tornadoes
c. Tsunami
d. LP supercell storms
17. Most hurricane and tropical storm deaths occur due to:
a. Lightning
b. Tornadoes
c. Severe Wind
d. Flooding
18. Hurricanes and tropical systems that are over the ocean waters are monitored by:
a. Satellite data
b. Hurricane aircraft
c. Buoy data
d. All of the above
19. Hurricane frequency and intensity tends to be greater in:

a. Warm current tropical waters
b. Cold current tropical water
20. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is in:

a. May
b. June
c. September
d. October
KEY
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. D
19. A
20. C
TROPICAL WX QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/tropical/ and other
sources.
1. The threshold minimum sustained wind speed to be classified as a tropical storm is:
a. 29 mph
b. 39 mph
c. 49 mph
d. 59 mph
2. The threshold minimum sustained wind speed to be classified as a hurricane is:

a. 54 mph
b. 64 mph
c. 74 mph
d. 84 mph
3. Wind pattern in the tropics are best analyzed using:

a. Isobars
b. Height contours
c. Thickness lines
d. Streamlines
4. Which of the following is most likely to be found in the tropical latitudes.

b. Cold front
c. Jet streak
d. Easterly wave
5. Wind flow is ____________ curving through an inverted trough.

a. Cyclonically
b. Anticyclonically
6. The belt of low pressure near the equator is termed the:

a. Jet stream
b. Intertropical Convergence Zone
c. Hurricane track
d. Rogue equator
e. Westerlies
7. Tropical systems tend to move toward the _____________ while in the tropics.
a. East
b. West
8. A tropical system can become a hurricane while on the equator.

a. True
b. False
9. A hurricane is a(n):
a. Cold core low
b. Thermal low
c. Warm core low
b. Anticyclonic system
10. Hurricanes need strong vertical wind shear in order to survive.

a. True
b. False
11. The center of a hurricane where subsidence occurs and often clearing occurs is termed the:
a. Eye
b. Mouth
c. Ear
d. Nostril
12. The release of enormous amounts of heat that occur in hurricanes is due to:
a. Fast wind
b. High pressure at the surface
c. Solar radiation
d. Condensation
13. The strongest portion of a hurricane including strong winds and heavy rain is the:
a. Eye
b. Eye wall
c. Feeder bands
d. Wall cloud
14. Hurricanes are rated by using the:

a. Fujita scale
b. Richter scale
c. Saffir-Simpson scale
d. Terror scale
15. The Category of a minimum hurricane is:

a. Category Alpha
b. Category 0
c. Category 1
d. Category A
16. Other than strong maximum sustained winds, heavy rain and the storm surge, hurricanes
also often produce:
a. Large hail
b. Tornadoes
c. Tsunami
d. LP supercell storms
17. Most hurricane and tropical storm deaths occur due to:
a. Lightning
b. Tornadoes
c. Severe Wind
d. Flooding
18. Hurricanes and tropical systems that are over the ocean waters are monitored by:
a. Satellite data
b. Hurricane aircraft
c. Buoy data
d. All of the above
19. Hurricane frequency and intensity tends to be greater in:

a. Warm current tropical waters
b. Cold current tropical water
20. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is in:

a. May
b. June
c. September
d. October
KEY
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. D
19. A
20. C

WINTER WX QUIZ
at the links of the following webpage: http://theweatherprediction.com/winterwx/
1. Snow requires a temperature sounding that is cold and deep enough to support snow,
saturated air and:
a. Instability release
b. A lifting mechanism
c. Wind shear
d. Low level cold air advection
2. All of the following are important for heavy lake effect snow except:
a. Deep layer of cold polar air flowing over much warmer lake
b. A lake fetch of 30 kilometers or more
c. An inversion located above the 700 millibar level
d. A minimal amount of directional wind shear with height
3. Snow will not occur if:

a. The surface temperature is above freezing
b. The temperature at 700 millibars of 0 C
c. The temperature at 500 millibars of colder than -20 C
d. The temperature 5,000 feet aloft of 5 C
4. This is the only winter precipitation type that can not occur if the surface air and soil
temperature are above freezing:
a. Snow
b. Sleet
c. Freezing rain
d. Graupel
5. Heavy snow from a mid-latitude cyclone will most likely develop in an environment with a
1000 to 500 millibar thickness of:
a. 5,460
b. 5,400
c. 5,340
d. 5,280
6. The most powerful nowcasting tool for winter precipitation is:

a. Radar
b. Skew-T
c. Satellite
d. Model data
7. The temperature is 40 F with a dewpoint of 5 F. Using the 1/3 - 5 rule, what temperature
would be expected after complete evaporational cooling of the stagnant air?
a. 35 F
b. 30 F
c. 25 F
d. 20 F
8. If the thickness is 540 dm at a sea level location and precipitation is expected, climatologically
it would be expected that the chance the precipitation type would be snow rather than another
precipitation type is:
a. Greater than 50%
b. 50%
c. Less than 50%
9. The depth of the troposphere that has above freezing temperatures aloft with below freezing
temperatures both above and below this layer is known as the:
a. Elevated Mixed Layer
b. Saturated Layer
c. Capping Layer
d. Elevated Warm Layer
10. The threshold temperature difference between the lake water temperature and the 850 mb
temperature in order for heavy lake effect snow to be possible in the Great Lakes region is:
a. 8 C
b. 13 C
c. 18 C
d. 23 C
11. If rain changes to snow, all are possible reasons except:

a. Increased dynamic uplift
b. Cold Air Advection in the lower troposphere
c. Evaporational cooling in the lower troposphere
d. Warm Air Advection in the lower troposphere
12. All of the following will tend to warm a polar air mass except:
a. Radiation from earth's surface on a clear night
b. Movement of polar air over warm soils
c. Warm Air Advection over the top of the polar air mass in the lower troposphere
d. Raindrops that are initially warmer than the polar air falling through it
e. Daytime solar radiation
f. Movement toward a lower elevation
13. These are falling partially melted snowflakes that refreeze before striking the earth's
surface as ice particles:
a. Snow
b. Freezing rain
c. Sleet (ice pellets)
d. Hail
14. Air that is 32 F and saturated will have more moisture in the air than air that is 22 F and
saturated.
a. True
b. False
15. The lifting of air over a warm front boundary at a fixed point can cause:
a. Warming due to warm air advection
b. Warming due to condensation
c. Cooling due to adiabatic uplift
d. Cooling due to evaporation and melting
e. Any or all of the above
16. There is no need to worry about forecasting winter precipitation if:

a. Only light precipitation is expected
b. The temperature profile can only support rain
c. The surface temperature is below freezing
d. All of the above
17. A dendritic snowflake has _____(1)_____ sides. Dendrites form at a temperature of

_____(2)______.
a. (1) 4, (2) -14 C
b. (1) 6, (2) -14 C
c. (1) 4, (2) -4 C
d. (1) 6, (2) -4 C
18. If freezing rain changes over the sleet, which of the following would you most logically
conclude?
a. WAA is occurring in the PBL
b. Condensational warming is occurring at 850 mb
c. The thickness of freezing temperature from the surface has increased
d. The entire temperature profile of the troposphere is below freezing
e. The precipitation should change over to all rain soon
19. The form of winter precipitation that is most dangerous to power lines is:
a. Freezing rain
b. Freezing drizzle
c. Sleet
d. Snow
20. Whether a snowflakes will melt or not before reaching the earth's surface depends upon:
a. The size of the snowflake
b. The warmth of the air surrounding the snowflake
c. The depth of above freezing air the snowflake has to fall through
d. All of the above
KEY
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. E
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. D

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