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Who did weather forecasts mostly support in the beginning?
Science programs
Government flights for mail delivery and the military
Commercial fishing fleets in the atlantic ocean
Daily weather reports available in newspapers and via radio broadcasts
How did the US Weather Bureau (Now NOAA) find temperature and wind direction in flight's early years?
They used observations located at higher altitudes
They gathered reports from airmail pilots
They collected data from instruments that commercial pilots attached to their planes
They attached instruments to kites and tethered balloons
How many aviation weather forecasts do scientists issue each year?
94,000
4 million
4 billion
76 billion
Which statement does NOT describe the Air Force weather agency?
Provides worldwide coverage
Its data helps the military engage targets around the world
Conducts hurricane reconnaissance
Works completely independently
What are the four types of weather observations?
Surface, upper air, radar, and satellite
Cold, hot, stormy, and dry
One-day forecasts, five-day forecasts, one-week forecasts, and one-month forecasts
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
Where do weather observers generally look when studying surface weather conditions?
At the highest and lowest points within a geographic county
At five weather data sites within the geographic county
Within 50 miles of an official NOAA observation site
Within a five-mile radius from a give airport
What serves as the country's main surface weather observing network?
Weather surveillance radar (WSR)
Nex gen weather radar system (NEXRAD)
Geostationary operational environmental satellite (GOES)
Automated surface observing system (ASOS)
What is an ASOS drawback?
It can't report any weather that takes place over the horizon
It can't report any event at less than 12,000 ft
It can't provide broadcasts via computer-generated voicw
It can't help pilots when they are about to land
What are the two ways that weather observers have to learn about upper air?
Anemometers and sling psychrometers
Aneroid barometers and bulb thermometers
Radiosondes and pilot weather reports
Satellites and tethered balloons
Which type of radar provides weather reports to local communities, forecasters, the military, and airport weather observers, among others?
Airborne radar
Faa terminal doppler weather radar
Doppler radar
Faa airport surveillance radar
How often does Doppler radar provide new images when it reads precipitation
Every minute
Every 2-4 min
Every 4-6 min
Every 10 min
Which type of radar detects aircraft?
Airborne radar
Faa terminal doppler weather radar
NEXRAD WSR-800 radar system
Faa airport surveillance radar
What is one of the most important weather-tracking systems in the US?
Doppler radar network called NEXRAD WSR-88D
SIGMETs
AIRMETs
AFSS
Which printed forecasts that pilots can read provide data on severe weather events and less-severe weather?
SDs
Pilot weather reports
Terminal aerodrome forecasts
In-flight weather advisories
Which type of weather chart updates the overall weather picture across the US every three hours?
Radar summary chart
Significant weather prognostic chart
Surface analysis chart
Weather depiction chart
How are significant weather prognostic charts different from other weather charts?
They compile data on severe storms from the previous week
They report current weather, they don't forecast weather
They forecast weather, they don't report current weather
These charts come in colorful displays, not just black and white, for easier reading
Measures atmospheric pressure
Thermometer
Altimeter
Anemometer
Psychrometer
Barometer
Studies relative humidity
Thermometer
Altimeter
Anemometer
Psychrometer
Barometer
Studies wind speed
Thermometer
Altimeter
Anemometer
Psychrometer
Barometer
In 1948 two AFWA officers issued the first tornado warning
True
False
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