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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9. Fog is obscur<strong>in</strong>g five-eighths of the sky. A higher layer of clouds covers three-eighths of the sky<br />
at ten thousand feet.<br />
10. Fog is obscur<strong>in</strong>g all of the sky and you can see vertically <strong>in</strong>to the fog three hundred feet.<br />
11. A layer of smoke covers five-eighths of the sky at three thousand feet.<br />
12. A layer of clouds covers five-eighths of the sky vary<strong>in</strong>g from one thousand to two thousand five<br />
hundred feet.<br />
13. A layer of clouds covers four-eighths to six-eighths of the sky at two thousand feet.<br />
14. A layer of clouds covers four-eighths to six-eighths of the sky at two thousand five hundred feet.<br />
A higher layer of clouds covers the rema<strong>in</strong>der of the sky at ten thousand feet.<br />
15. The maximum number of layers coded <strong>in</strong> a manual observation is _______ .<br />
16. All cloud layers and obscurations aloft are considered to be:<br />
a. either opaque or transparent<br />
b. opaque<br />
c. translucent<br />
d. measurable<br />
17. The amount of sky cover for each layer shall be observed <strong>in</strong>:<br />
a. sectors<br />
b. quadrants<br />
c. tenths<br />
d. eighths<br />
18. A cloud layer with a base less than 50 feet is reported:<br />
a. with a height of 0 feet<br />
b. with a height of 50 feet<br />
c. with a height of 100 feet<br />
d. as an obscuration<br />
19. Match the reportable contraction with the summation amount for the layer.<br />
_____ SKC a. less than 1/8 to 2/8<br />
_____ FEW b. 0<br />
_____ SCT c. 5/8 to 7/8<br />
_____ BKN d. 8/8<br />
_____ OVC e. 3/8 to 4/8<br />
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