Weather Flashcards
Standard Temperature for sea level.
59 degrees F/ 15 degrees C.
Standard pressure at sea level.
29.92 inches of mercury/ 1013.2 millibars.
Variations in altimeter settings
caused by unequal heating of the Earth’s surface.
Differences in direction between winds aloft and on the ground
caused by friction between the wind and the surface.
Every physical process of weather is accompanied by, or is the result of, a
heat exchange.
The boundary between two different air masses is referred to as a
front.
One of the most easily recognized discontinuities across a front is
a change in temperature.
One weather phenomenon which will always occur when flying across a front is a change in the
wind direction.
Clouds are divided into four families according to
height and range.
Nimbus
Rain cloud.
The colder the air is the less
vapor a cloud can hold.
Moisture is added to air by
evaporation (water to vapor) and sublimation (frost to vapor)
Dewpoint
Temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated.
The amount of water vapor which air can hold depends on the
air temperature.
Clouds, fog, or dew will always form when
water vapor condenses.
What is the approximate base of the cumulus clouds if the surface air temperature is 70 degrees F and the dewpoint is 48 degrees F
70-48= 22
22/4.4=5
5x1000= 5000 FT AGL
If the temperature/dewpoint spread is small and decreasing, and the temperature is 62 degrees F, what type of weather is most likely to develop?
Fog or low clouds.
Airport elevation: 500 MSL Temp: 23 degrees C Dewpoint: 15 degrees C lapse rate: 2 degrees C Find the approximate base of the cumulus clouds.
4500 feet MSL
What clouds will you find in stable air?
- Stratiform clouds. (Flat type clouds)
- Steady precipitation
- Smooth air
- Poor surface visibility
Warming from below would decrease
the stability of an air mass.
Development of thermals depend upon
solar heating.
Unstable air
- Turbulence
- Good surface visibility
Moist, unstable airmass forms what type of clouds?
Cumuliform clouds and showery precipitation.
Towering cumulus clouds indicate
convective turbulence.