Weather forcasting

a statement that warns of hazardous weather is either imminent or occurring within the forecast area is _______.

• an advisory

• a weather warning

• a weather watch

• an overwatch

A____________________ would probably be issued if there was a chance for tornadoes tomorrow.

• weather warning

• heat advisory

• weather watch

• an over watch

The least accurate forecast method of predicting the weather two days into the future during changeable weather conditions is usually the ___________.

• trend method

• numerical forecast

• analogue method

• persistence forecast

A "Chance of precipitation" indicates the area has a ______ percent chance of precipitation

• 30-50

• 60-70

• 0-20

• 80-90

What does ASOS (automated surface observing system) measure?

• the temp of the air

• direction of the wind

• speed of the wind

• all of the above

_________________ uses a computer to forcast weather

• weather type forecasting

• numerical forecasting

• analogue forecasting

An accurate forecast____________.

• always shows skill

• may or may not show skill

• never shows skill

Predicting weather by weather type employs the _________ method.

• analogue

• probability

• steady-state

• persistence

______________assumes that weather systems will move in the same direction and at the same speed as they have been moving?

• persistence

• trend (steady state)

• probability

• climatological

Weather forcast that predicts that the future weather will be the same as the present weather is called _____.

• steady-state

• trend

• persistence

• analog