Weather Wiz Kids Quiz Advanced #1
1) On a Doppler radar screen, a tornado vortex signature appears as a:
a) Hook-shaped echo
b) Small region of heavy precipitation
c) Small region of rapidly changing wind speeds
d) Small region of low pressure
2) Which of the following processes absorbs the most latent heat?
a) Condensation
b) Freezing
c) Melting
d) Evaporation
3) Thunderstorms which develop as a system consisting of a series of evolving cells are called:
a)
Multicell storms
b)
Air-mass storms
c)
Frontal storms
d)
Severe storms
4) Where is the warm sector located in reference to a developed mid-latitude cyclone over the U.S.?
a)
To the north
b)
To the northeast
c)
To the southeast
d)
To the west
5) When the temperature is below freezing from the surface to 500 millibars, what precipitation type would you expect?
a) Rain
b) Snow
c) Sleet
d) Freezing Rain
6) Which of the following is a diabatic process as compared to an adiabatic process?
a) Orographic Lifting
b) Convection
c) Rising air due to PBL convergence
d) Radiational heating or cooling
7) Which of the following operational forecast panels is used to analyze vorticity advection?
a) 300 millibar forecast panel
b) 500 millibar forecast panel
c) 700 millibar forecast panel
d) 850 millibar forecast panel
8)
On a NEXRAD velocity display, air moving away from the radar site will most likely be given a color of:
a) Red
b) Blue
c) Green
d) Yellow
9)
Cloud texture such as shadows and lumpiness are best seen on what type of imagery?
a) Water Vapor
b) Ultaviolet
c) Visible
d) Infrared
10) A 100 mile per hour wind is how many in knots?
a) 120 knots
b) 74 knots
c) 148 knots
d) 87 knots