Training Guide in Surface Weather Observations - Multiple Choices
Training Guide in Surface Weather Observations - Multiple Choices
Training Guide in Surface Weather Observations - Multiple Choices
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7. If us<strong>in</strong>g Fahrenheit thermometers to obta<strong>in</strong> temperatures, you must read the thermometers to the<br />
nearest ____________.<br />
a. tenth of a degree Fahrenheit<br />
b. whole degree Fahrenheit<br />
c. whole degree Celsius<br />
d. tenth of a degree Celsius<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Use your station’s psychrometric calculator to compute the dew po<strong>in</strong>t temperature,<br />
then use the temperature conversion chart located on the next page to convert the dry bulb and dew po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
temperatures to their Celsius equivalent; f<strong>in</strong>ally, code the temperature and dew po<strong>in</strong>t as they would be<br />
transmitted <strong>in</strong> a METAR/SPECI report. (The answers were computed us<strong>in</strong>g a calculator with a pressure<br />
base of 30 <strong>in</strong>ches of mercury. If you use a calculator with a different pressure base, your answers will<br />
differ slightly.)<br />
8. Dry Bulb 43.5°F Wet Bulb 38.6°F Depression Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t °F<br />
Converstion: TEMP °C DEW POINT °C Coded report:<br />
9. Unfrozen Wick:<br />
Dry Bulb 32.1°F Wet Bulb 31.4°F Depression Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t °F<br />
Converstion: TEMP °C DEW POINT °C Coded report:<br />
10. Frozen Wick:<br />
Dry Bulb 30.2°F Wet Bulb 24.9°F Depression Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t °F<br />
Converstion: TEMP °C DEW POINT °C Coded report:<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Use the Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t Table provided <strong>in</strong> Appendix B to compute the dew po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
temperature, then use the temperature conversion chart located at the end of the chapter to convert the<br />
dry bulb and dew po<strong>in</strong>t temperatures to their Celsius equivalent; f<strong>in</strong>ally, code the temperature and dew<br />
po<strong>in</strong>t as they would be transmitted <strong>in</strong> a METAR/SPECI report.<br />
11. Dry Bulb 94.3°F Wet Bulb 71.7°F Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t °F<br />
Conversion: TEMP °C DEW POINT °C Coded report:<br />
12. Dry Bulb 43.8°F Wet Bulb Miss<strong>in</strong>g Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t °F<br />
Converstion: TEMP °C DEW POINT °C Coded report:<br />
13. Dry Bulb 31.9°F Wet Bulb 30.7°F Dew Po<strong>in</strong>t °F<br />
Converstion TEMP °C DEW POINT °C Coded report:<br />
14. Dry Bulb and Wet Bulb temperatures are miss<strong>in</strong>g. ____________________<br />
15. When ventilat<strong>in</strong>g a psychrometer, when is the dry-bulb thermometer read? Are there any exceptions<br />
to this rule?<br />
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