AE - Pressure systems

Question 1

Ef þú sérð spurningu þar sem þú ert beðinn um að fina hvernig inversion er um að ræða og þú sérð lýsinguna “older high pressure area”, hvaða inversion er þá um að ræða?

Answer 1

Subsidence inversion. Það er basicly verið að tala um að það kemur ný inversion sem ryður sér inn fyrir þá eldri.

Question 2

Hvenær eru typhoons líklegir í southern islands of Japan

Answer 2

July - Nov

Question 3

Hvað heitir descending air flow in a large high pressure area?

Answer 3

subsidence

Question 4

Hvar eru þrjú aðal anti-cyclone svæðin á milli 20° og 70° á norðurhveli?

Answer 4

Azores, Siberíu og Canada.

Question 5

Hurricane, the wind speed is more/less than 63 kts and the air is descending/ascending

Answer 5

less than 63 kts, air is descending

Question 6

Hvenær er high í Azores, Siberia, South Pacific?

Answer 6

Veturna

Question 7

In what kind of pressure system will you find the highest coud tops?

Answer 7

Tropical cyclone

Question 8

Á hvaða árstíð eru hurricanes líklegastir í northern hemisphere?

Answer 8

Summer, autumn

Question 9

Average number of tropical revolving storms in the Phillipines?

Answer 9

9

Question 10

Í “the bay of bengals” þar eru tropical cyclones __x á ári

Answer 10

12

Question 11

Getur þú séð auga hurricanes í north atlantic með satellite?

Answer 11

já

Question 12

Hvað kallast tropical revolving storms í ástralíu?

Answer 12

cyclones

Question 13

Azoresm SE USA, SW Europe. Hvað eiga þessi svæði sameiginlegt á sumrin varðandi þrýsting

Answer 13

háþrýstisvæði

Question 14

Highs are areas of ____ and _____ air.

Answer 14

descending and diverging.

Question 15

Ridge is an area of ____ and ____ air.

Answer 15

descending and diverging. Nákævmlega sama lýsing og á “high” enda er ridge bara hluti af high held ég.

Question 16

High pressure area and ridge: Area of ____ air.

Answer 16

descending

Question 17

How many hurricanes form per year in the Atlantic?

Answer 17

6

Question 18

The core of the hurricane, is it warmer/colder than it’s surroundings.

Answer 18

warmer

Question 19

A secondary depression tends to move around the primary in a ____ sense

Answer 19

cyclonic

Question 20

The Carribbean:

Hurricane season ___ - november.

Answer 20

july

Question 21

How many tropical cyclones per year east of Darwin?

Answer 21

2

Question 22

Tropical revolving storm: Diameter of the eye __-20NM. Diameter of the whole TRS: ___ NM

Answer 22

10, 270

Question 23

A cold high pressure area will intensify/decrease in intensity with altitude?

Answer 23

decrease in intensity

Question 24

Hver er munurinn á cold high og warm high upp á aukningu í hæð?

Answer 24

Cold high: Weaken

Warm high: intensify

Question 25

Hvað er það í CAVOK sem þú hefur verið að klikka mest á?

Answer 25

Þegar það kemur eitthvað um vind, að velja þann valmöguleika. Vindur er ekkert að hafa áhrif á CAVOK. Það gæti verið low level windshear og samt CAVOK. Það gæti verið 23035G45 og samt CAVOK.

Question 26

Hvað gerist fyrir temperature eftir að cold front hefur farið framhjá?

Answer 26

drop in temperature.

Question 27

Hvernig myndir þú skrifa snowflakes í METAR?

a) SHGR
b) SHSN

Answer 27

b) SHSN

Question 28

How many tropical cyclones on average per year for east Darwin?

Answer 28

2

Question 29

At wha time of the year (month) are typhoons most likely to occur over the southern islands of Japan?

Answer 29

July - November

Question 30

In wintertime stratus is often formed when warm maritime air moves over cold land. How can such clouds be classified?

a) frontal clouds
b) turbulence clouds
c) convective clouds

Answer 30

b) turbulence clouds

Þetta loft kemur inn eykur stability, loftið hengur bara þarna niðri og mixast með loftinu sem er basicly “turbulence clouds”.

Question 31

During which months is the Hurricane season in the Carribean?

Answer 31

July - November

Question 32

Hverjar eru aðal “hæðirnar” 20°N-70°N um vetur?

Answer 32

Azores, Sibera, Canada

Question 33

The air movement associated with the centre line of a trough is convergence/divergence with descending air/lifting

Answer 33

convergence with lifting

Question 34

Varðandi hurricanes, er core’ið í þeim heitara/kaldara en surroundings?

Answer 34

heitara

Question 35

With respect to high and low pressure systems, a high pressure area and ridge are areas of ___ air.

Answer 35

descending

Question 36

Which is true of a secondary depression in he northern hemisphere? It tends to move round the primary in a anticyclonic/cyclonic sense

Answer 36

cyclonic