Met Flashcards
Bora Wind
cold Katabatic wind flowing north across europe to adriatic sea
Mistral wind
Northerly wind blowing across Southern Europe
Sirocco
Warm wind blowing from N Africa to Med
Harmattan
Dusty NE wind from Sahara Desert to West Africa
Relationship between QNH and QFF re temp
QNH > QFF if temp > ISA when above MSL
ITCZ winds
NE to the north of ITCZ
SE to the South of the ITCZ
ISA atmosphere
1013mb
15 deg C
2 Deg per 1000 ft
Tropopause at
Stratosphere Temperature
constant
Height formula per mb change
96 x temp in deg kelvin divided by pressure at height
tropopause height at equator
16km
tropopause height mid latitudes
11km
tropopause height at poles
8 km
What type of occlusions are common when
cold occlusions in the summer, warm in the winter
What does the wind do with the passage of a front
veers
When Temp in TAF, define tempo
for a period up to 60 minutes