Exam 12: Weather Analysis and Forecasting

-What is the dew point represented on the station model shown above?

In this process a search is made for analogous past weather records: ________.

The path that cyclonic storms follow (storm track)is usually farther to the south during:

One of the primary uses for a 500-mb map is:

Synoptic weather forecasting was developed before numerical weather prediction.

Why is the pattern of upper-level winds an important part of the forecasting process?

-What is the current air temperature represented on the station model shown above?

What type of image allows meteorologists to distinguish between thick cold clouds and thin warm clouds?

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman,Oklahoma,maintains a constant vigil for:

The job of collecting,compiling and displaying weather data is done by:

Which of the following weather data is not always plotted in the same location with respect to the weather station?

Infrared imagery,like visible imagery,can only detect the presence of clouds during the day.

Only 50 nations are involved in the World Meteorological Organization.

Infrared images are obtained from radiation emitted from objects.

On a surface-level synoptic weather chart,a front is often identified by zones that exhibit:

In numerical weather prediction,what is the hydrostatic equation used to describe?

________ assume(s)that the weather occurring upstream will persist and move on to affect the area in its path.

Weather analysis includes all of the following EXCEPT:

The forecasts for local and regional weather are produced by:

Airflow aloft is often illustrated with ________,lines of equal wind speed.