LESSON 1

Question 1

Meteorological Agencies

Answer 1

PAGASA (national)
JMA (regional)
WMO (international)

Question 2

PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration)

Answer 2

is the country’s national

meteorological agency.

Question 3

JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency)

Answer 3

is the West Pacific Basin’s

(regional) meteorological agency.

Question 4

WMO (World Meteorological Organization)

Answer 4

is the world-wide meteorological agency that consolidates weather measurements from both national and regional meteorological
agencies.

Question 5

PAGASA’S WEATHER STATIONS

Answer 5

synoptic stations
upper-air stations 
airport stations
agromet stations 
radar stations
automated weather stations (AWS).

Question 6

These stations are sending weather data every 3 hours starting from 00 UTC or 8 am PhT.

Answer 6

Synoptic, agromet & upper-air stations

Question 7

These station are are sending weather data every hour while every 10 mins for AWS.

Answer 7

Airport stations

Question 8

A website that can access the processed and raw data that were provided by PAGASA’s weather stations.

Answer 8

OGIMET

Question 9

To decode the synoptic data, one should use

Answer 9

SYNOP decoder