50.05 PRECIPITATION
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In what hPa range is an upper weather chart for FL 340 situated?
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What is the vertical temperature lapse rate, up to 11 km, in the standard ICAO atmosphere ?
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How does temperature vary with increasing altitude in the ICAO standard atmosphere below the tropopause?
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What winds to flow across the isobars at an angle rather than parallel to the isobars ?
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In the lower layers of the atmosphere due to friction the wind changes direction towards the low pressure area because : subject/sec aragraph wording Domanda rispostaA rispostaB rispostaC rispostaD ck1 ck2 ck3 ck4
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The temperature at
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Generally northern southwesterly while most of the surface winds are southerly. What is the primary reason of difference between these two wind directions?
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The rate of decrease of temperature with height per 100 m in the International Standard Atmosphere is :
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In the International Standard Atmosphere the decrease in temperature with height below 11 km is
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Which statement is correct regarding the International Standard Atmosphere ?
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With which type of cloud are tornadoes normally associated ?
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The diameter of a typical tornado is
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The lowest assumed
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A 200 hPa pressure altitude level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable ?
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Friction between the air
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You are flying at 2 500 FT/AGL, with a southerly wind, and intend to land at an airport, at sea level directly below. From approximately which direction would you expect the surface wind (mid-latitude, northern hemisphere)?
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At what time of the year
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At the approach of a warm front (northern hemisphere) the wind direction changes from the surface up to the tropopause. The effect of this change is that the wind
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During periods of prolonged clear skies associated with anticyclonic conditions, the
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During a descent from 2000 FT above the surface to the surface (no frontal passage) the wind normally
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In the northern hemisphere the wind at the surface blows
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What relationship exists between the wind at 3000 feet and the surface wind? is across the isobars toward the low pressure and the surface wind is weaker.
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The vertical extent of the friction layer depends primarily on
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In the northern hemisphere a pilot flying at 1000 FT/AGL directly towards the centre of a low pressure area, will find the wind blowing from
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If you are flying at FL 300 in an air mass that is 15° C warmer than a standard atmosphere, what is the outside temperature likely to be?
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If you are flying at FL 120 and the outside temperature is -2° C, at what altitude will the "freezing level" be?
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In the northern hemisphere the gradient wind of a cyclonic pressure distribution is 350/24, over the sea the surface wind would approximate
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If you are flying at FL 100 in an air mass that is 10° C warmer than a standard atmosphere, what is the outside temperature likely to be?
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In the northern hemisphere with an anticyclonic pressure system the geostrophic wind at 2000 FT over the sea is 060/15. At the same position the surface wind is most likely to be
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A 850 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable ?
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A 700 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable ?
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A 300 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable ?
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A 500 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable ?
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If Paris reports a wind of 08010KT on the METAR, what wind velocity would you expect to encounter at a height of 2000 feet above the ground ?
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If Paris reports a wind of 16020KT on the METAR, what wind velocity would you expect to encounter at a height of 2000 feet above the ground?
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If Paris reports a wind of 19015KT on the METAR, what wind velocity would you expect to encounter at a height of 2000 feet above the ground ?
SWITZERL
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If you are flying at FL 100 in an air mass that is 10° C warmer than a standard atmosphere, what is the outside temperature likely to be?

ATPL 50 METEOROLOGY

50.05 PRECIPITATION