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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17. BLPY<br />
a. Blow<strong>in</strong>g spray<br />
b. Blow<strong>in</strong>g dust whirls<br />
c. Blow<strong>in</strong>g sand whirls<br />
18. SHPE<br />
a. Ice pellet showers<br />
b. Snow and ice pellets<br />
c. Moderate ice pellet showers<br />
19. PRFG<br />
a. Patchy fog<br />
b. Partial fog<br />
c. Partly foggy<br />
20. Present weather <strong>in</strong>cludes which of the follow<strong>in</strong>g? (more than one answer):<br />
_____ precipitation<br />
_____ clouds<br />
_____ obscuration<br />
_____ well-developed dust/sand whirls<br />
_____ tornadic activity<br />
_____ w<strong>in</strong>d gusts<br />
_____ sandstorm<br />
_____ duststorm<br />
21. Proximity qualifier(s) is (are):<br />
a. light, moderate, heavy<br />
b. vic<strong>in</strong>ity<br />
c. weak, strong, violent<br />
d. light, moderate, strong<br />
22. Match the follow<strong>in</strong>g def<strong>in</strong>itions to their phrase:<br />
a. “occurr<strong>in</strong>g at the station”<br />
b. “<strong>in</strong> the vic<strong>in</strong>ity of the station”<br />
c. “distant from the station”<br />
_____ precipitation occurr<strong>in</strong>g not at the po<strong>in</strong>t of observation but with<strong>in</strong> 10 statute miles<br />
_____ beyond 10 statute miles of the po<strong>in</strong>t of observation<br />
_____ between 5 and 10 statute miles from the po<strong>in</strong>t of observation for obscurations<br />
_____ with<strong>in</strong> 5 statute miles of the po<strong>in</strong>t of observation<br />
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