NS2- Nautical Sciences Unit 3 Chapter 5 Weather Forecasting

What is the normal prediction period for local weather forecasts?

• 24 hours

• 36 hours

• 48 hours

• 60 hours

Each of the services must maintain their own weather agency.  For the Navy, this is the mission of the

• Department of Defense Meteorological Command.  

• Department of Navy Meteorological Command.  

• Naval Oceanography and Space Command.  

• Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command.

Which weather agency provides weather information to newspapers, radio, and television stations?

• The Navy Weather Service

• The National Severe Storm Forecast Center

• The National Weather Service

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The newest satellites are equipped with radiometers and orbit at heights of 900 miles circling the earth approximately every two hours.

• True

• False

Early weather satellites began in 1960 with the

• Explorer 1

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Tiros Satellite

• Transit Satellites.

The Naval Oceanographic Command Center's (NOCC) significant input to their weather predictions comes from

• correlative Sea Disturbance Scales weather reports submitted by individual ships at sea.  

• weather reports submitted by individual ships at sea

• Octimum Track Ship routing Scales

• Observed Synoptic Track Routes.

Much of The National Weather Service's day-to-day activity is geared to the service of aviation through its

• Navy Weather Service

• National Meteorological Service Center

• National Severe Storms Forecast Center

• Aviation Weather Center  in Kansas City Missouri

What aviation weather reports pertain to weather conditions on successive stages of a flight?

• Storm warnings

• Flight forecasts

• Terminal forecast

• Local forecasts

For weather conditions along a specific route, aviators usually refer to

• precipitation reports  

• local forecasts

• route forecasts

• terminal forecasts

Navy weather units are maintained with all major

• Avation units

• Fleet flagships

• Combatant and auxiliary vessels

• All of the above