Training Guide in Surface Weather Observations - Multiple Choices

10. A thunderstorm is overhead, moving to the north.
11. A thunderstorm is seven miles northeast, moving to the northeast.
12. A thunderstorm is fifteen miles south, moving to the southeast.
13. Cumulonimbus clouds to the west are moving to the east.
14. Towering cumulus clouds are overhead.
15. A lens-shaped cloud is observed at a height of 9,000 feet southwest of the station.
16. Snow is falling from towering cumulus in all quadrants and is obscuring 5/8 sky.
17. For each of the following, indicate the order in which they are reported:
a. Rotor cloud Sector visibility Wind shift
b. Obscurations Altocumulus castellanus Virga
c. Variable sky condition Variable prevailing visibility Lightning
d. LAST Aircraft mishap Towering cumulus
e. Hailstone size Variable ceiling height Variable prevailing visibility
f. Wind shift Thunderstorm location Lightning
g. Cumulonimbus (CB) Lightning Obscurations
h. Variable sky condition Sector visibility Variable ceiling height
i. Funnel cloud Sector visibility Thunderstorm location
18. The snow depth entered in column 61 of MF1M-10 is measured at what time?
19. The snow depth increased 3 inches in the past hour. How would this be reported in column 14 if
the total depth of snow on the ground is 8 inches?
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