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156 Which is true with respect to a high- or low-pressure system?

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160 Clouds, fog, or dew will always form when

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166 . If the temperature/dewpoint spread is small and decreasing, and the temperature is 16°C, what type weather is most likely to develop?

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171 Why is frost considered hazardous to flight?

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181 . Altocumulus Castellanus are clouds that show vertical development and produce towerlike extensions often in the shape of small castles and being associated with:

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185 An aircraft flying at a constant pressure altitude flies from an area of cold
mean temperature to an area of warm mean temperature in the northern
hemisphere. Which of the following is correct:

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189 A saturated atmosphere has a surface temperature of +12C and a
temperature of +2C at 4000ft. The atmosphere is:

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Pressure altitude is:

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191 Latent heat is defined in meterology as:

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193 As air is cooled to below its dew point temperature:

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200 With relation to isobars on the sea level chart, surface wind:

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201 Subsidence in an anticyclone produces:

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202 Frontal fog:

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206 If the relative humidity of a sample of air is 100%, then the actual amount of water vapour present would be:

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208 A ridge of high pressure is generally associated with:

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209 Low cloud in temperate climates, excluding heap, are those existing from:

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211 Stratus cloud of limited depth at a temperature of -5C will most likely give:

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214 For a given pressure gradient the strongest wind will be the…………………………. wind, around a ……………………. pressure region in latitude………………………….. The words to fill in the blanks are:

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215 A katabatic wind is a wind which:

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216 What is the forecast weather for the period 1700-1800 UTC? FCGR31 LGAT 1019 20018G30KT 9999 RA SCT050 BKN080 TEMPO 1015 23012KT 6000 -DZ BKN015 BKN030 BECMG 1518 23020G35KT 4000 RA OVC010 =

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217 FCGR31 LGAT 1019 20018G30KT 9999 RA SCT050 BKN080 TEMPO 1015 23012KT 6000 -DZ BKN015 BKN030 BECMG 1518 23020G35KT 4000 RA OVC010 =The forecast visibility for the period 1200-1500 UTC is:

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218 Hail occurs when:

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219 . Which of the following best describes the first stage of development of sea breeze?

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221 An aerodrome METAR for 0350 UTC during November in Greece is:
SA GR31 LGLR
Surface wind 15005kt
Visibility 2000m
Weather Nil
Temperture 9?C
Dewpoint 8?C
QNH 1024 hPa
Trend NOSIG
Given that sunrise is at 0500UTC, during the two hours following the report, the most probable meteorological condition to develop would be:

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222 Lenticular clouds observed above the top of a range of hills or mountain tops [Fig.42], as seen from an A/C that is approaching from the leeward side of the range, indicate the possibility of:

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229 Which of the following is normally associated with drizzle?

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231 The wind at 10OOft during the day at an inland aerodrome iwas 33015kt. Using a rule of thumb, what would you expect the surface wind to have been?

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233 At about 1400UTC under clear skies at an inland aerodrome, the surface wind was observed to be 22025kt. The most likely wind velocity at 2000ft agl would be:

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235 A low level temperature inversion, for example between the surface and 2000ft agl, may produce:

2 ATTENT. METEO. EXAM. PREP.

2 ATTENT. METEO. EXAM. PREP.

156 Which is true with respect to a high- or low-pressure system?

160 Clouds, fog, or dew will always form when

166 . If the temperature/dewpoint spread is small and decreasing, and the temperature is 16°C, what type weather is most likely to develop?

171 Why is frost considered hazardous to flight?

181 . Altocumulus Castellanus are clouds that show vertical development and produce towerlike extensions often in the shape of small castles and being associated with:

185 An aircraft flying at a constant pressure altitude flies from an area of cold mean temperature to an area of warm mean temperature in the northern hemisphere. Which of the following is correct:

189 A saturated atmosphere has a surface temperature of +12C and a temperature of +2C at 4000ft. The atmosphere is:

190 Pressure altitude is:

191 Latent heat is defined in meterology as:

193 As air is cooled to below its dew point temperature:

200 With relation to isobars on the sea level chart, surface wind:

201 Subsidence in an anticyclone produces:

202 Frontal fog:

206 If the relative humidity of a sample of air is 100%, then the actual amount of water vapour present would be:

208 A ridge of high pressure is generally associated with:

209 Low cloud in temperate climates, excluding heap, are those existing from:

211 Stratus cloud of limited depth at a temperature of -5C will most likely give:

214 For a given pressure gradient the strongest wind will be the…………………………. wind, around a ……………………. pressure region in latitude………………………….. The words to fill in the blanks are:

215 A katabatic wind is a wind which:

216 What is the forecast weather for the period 1700-1800 UTC? FCGR31 LGAT 1019 20018G30KT 9999 RA SCT050 BKN080 TEMPO 1015 23012KT 6000 -DZ BKN015 BKN030 BECMG 1518 23020G35KT 4000 RA OVC010 =

185 An aircraft flying at a constant pressure altitude flies from an area of cold
mean temperature to an area of warm mean temperature in the northern
hemisphere. Which of the following is correct:

189 A saturated atmosphere has a surface temperature of +12C and a
temperature of +2C at 4000ft. The atmosphere is:

190
Pressure altitude is: