ATPL Met Exam Prep

What does surface air do in an anticyclone?

• Convergence

• Divergence

How does weather radar measure the horizontal movement of a storm?

• Time lapse between different charts

• Doppler measures change in thickness

Where are typhoons most likely to be forecasted?

• Northwest Pacific Ocean

• Southwest Indian Ocean

• North Atlantic Ocean

• Eastern Pacific Ocean

Who is responsible for world forecasts?

• IWOCA

• WAFS

• IWAF

• WWO

What are the four stages of a tropical cyclone

• Formation, immature, fully mature, decaying

• Tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, cyclone

Dry bulb is 16°C and wet bulb is 10°C with a dew point of 6°C. What is the relative humidity?

• 50 percent

• 55 percent

• 40 percent

• 60 percent

What is the average temperature lapse rate and stability of air between FL310 and FL390 for ROFOR 160E?

• 0.5°C Stable

• 2°C Conditionally stable

• 2.8°C Very Stable

• 3.6°C Unstable

What is the height of the tropopause above Italy?

• FL270

• FL350

• FL400

• FL300

Which are the type of clouds associated with a Jetstream?

• Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus

• Cumulus, stratus

• Cirrus, Mammatus, Castellanies

• Nimbostratus, Cumulonimbus

What kind of stability does SCWD have?

• Stable

• Unstable

• Conditionally stable

• Very stable