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WorksheetsMETEO-linuhan Online Quiz Show - DIFFICULT Round
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A frontal system, such as a cold front, is caused by meeting two air masses with different characteristics. The 'tail-end' of a frontal system that is affecting the country in the month of March is due to the meeting of Amihan and what other wind system?
(a)
Which of the following features of the atmosphere were not necessary conditions for the formation of a tropical cyclone?
sufficient ocean thermal energy (SST > 26oC to a depth of 60 m)
enhanced mid-troposphere (700 hPa) relative humidity
conditional instability
enhanced vertical shear of the horizontal winds at the genesis site
Bagyong Auring is the first tropical cyclone in the Philippines this year and it reaches maximum sustained winds of 95 kph. What is the typhoon classification of Bagyong Auring as per PAGASA?
(a)
Who is the current administrator of PAGASA?
Dr. Esperanza O. Cayanan
Dr. Fortunato dela Peña
Dr. Joel Marciano Jr.
Dr. Vicente B. Malano
Horizontal pressure gradients are fairly weak across the tropics. When is the lowest recorded pressure in tropics?
Typhoon Tip in October 1979
Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013
Typhoon Goni, October 2020
Typhoon Haiphong, September 1881
These clouds form very high, at about 85,300 meters above the Earth's surface, in the mesosphere, which are likely made of frozen water or ice crystals, and called Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs) when they are viewed from space. What type of cloud are these?
(a)
Diwata-1 is the first satellite of the venture and is also a part of the DOST-PHL-Microsat Program. Which of the following is not a payload of Diwata-1?
Amateur Radio Unit (ARU)
High Precision Telescope (HPT)
Multispectral Imager with LCTF (MSI)
Wide Field CCD, Panchromatic (WFC)
A classification scheme for estimating the intensity of TCs from satellite imagery were introduced using empirical data, relates a numerical index (called the current intensity or CI) to an estimate of the maximum sustained winds (MSW) at the surface. This technique is called as what?
(a)
Based on climatology data of PAGASA, which station has the highest annual rainfall?
(a)
ENSO is one of the most important climate phenomena on Earth and has three phases, the El Niño, La Niña, and neutral. 2014-2016 El Niño has the highest SST anomaly and longest event, as per US-NOAA. How months does the 2014-2016 El Nino last?
(a)
