• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/17

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

17 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
what is considered a constant surface for weather purposes ?
an area uniform in moisture and temperature
a continental polar air mass would most likely be associated with?
wisconsin
for the purpose of identifying clouds, the atmosphere is...
divided into high, middle, low sections
what is the area between two different air masses called ?
a front
weather frots are generally classified according to?
relative motions of the air masses involved
what type of front is formed when warm air moves p over a wedge of colder retearing air ?
warm front
the advancing or leading edge of a cold air mass is called a ?
cold front
concerning weather effects on radar, the combination of scattering and absorption is known as ?
attenuation
th area of the atmosphere where weather ocurs is known as the ?
troposhere
what type of refraction causes energy waves to be curved upward ?
subrefraction
how is radar performance affected during superrefraction, if at all ?
radar energy is bent downward, increasing the range
which form of refraction may result in radar holes or blind spots ?
trapping
when is a SPECI (special weather report issued) ?
when significant weather change occurs
in an aviation routine weaather report (METAR), what does "M" under runway visual range (RVR) indicate ?
less than
what element in the aviation routine weather report (METAR) gives information about clouds and obscuring phenomena?
sky condition
in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), how is hail indicated ?
GR
winds aloft are reported in?
5,000ft increments from 5,000ft to 60,000 ft