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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Code201A

SECOND MATE OF A FOREJGN GOING SHIP
FUNCTION: NAVIGATION
PAPER 1: METEOROLOGY

TIME: 2Hours PASS MARKS: 50 MAX. MARKS: 100

Notes: .Use ships weather code 1982.
Question is compulsory: Altempt any four out of remaining tive Qucstions.
3. Al Questions carry equal
marks.

9 Code the following in a suitable format for transmission:

A ship: MV Imagine, cali sign:

LGMW. position 01°25'N. 178°05°E, UTC time 0910. UTC date - 17 Jun.
SMT 2110, Course made good in last 3 hours 165°, speed: 17 kts, estimated wind: 136
at 14, visibility 16 KM, atmospherie pressure: 987.6 hpa, barometric tendency: +2.5 hpa,
inereasing steadily. Temp: dry 28.0°C, wet: 23.0°C. sea: 22°C, clouds:- fully covered
with clouds except for few blue patches, low cloud cover: 4 oktas, base 1000 M above
sea, Cu of little vertical extent and seemingly flattened, Ac of a chaotic sky, Cc alone.
Present wx: State of sky on the whole unchanged, past wx:- cloud covering more than %
of the sky throughout the appropriate period, rain. Sea period 07 sec, height: 03 mirs,
Swell coming from east period 7 sec, height: 03 mtrs.

Q2a) Vessel's course 275° T, speed 14 kts. the wind direction and speed displayed by he
anemometer was Stbd 060° and 7 kts. What entury for true wind is to be made in the
logbook?
Explain what is pressure gradient force and Coriolis force.

Describe construction, working and errors of Aneroid Barometer.

QaList different types of fog.

Explain why there is persistent fog off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.

OA Define Fog & Mist & explain how it is formed.

Explain Land & Sea Breeze.

Q6 Sketch and describe the lifecycle of a frontal depression. What kind of weather will be
encountered during passage of cold front?

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