WEAX WX301 exam 3 Questions and Answers 2024/2025 Updated

A whiteout occurs when moves over a . - CORRECT ANSWER-overcast cloud layer, uniform snow-covered surface Above a TS anvil, where is turbulence most commonly found? - CORRECT ANSWERnear and downstream the overshooting top Along which edges of a cold frontal cloud band is a severe squall-line most commonly found? - CORRECT ANSWER-Eastern and southern edges An air mass thunderstorm has mostly updrafts and surface winds flowing toward the storm until which stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cumulus As air temperature gets colder, freezing is rapid, resulting in trapped air, making icing brittle. - CORRECT ANSWER-More, more, more At 35,000' around a super-cell TS, which side is safest to fly on? - CORRECT ANSWER-The west side At what rate do rising parcels of air inside a cumulus cloud cool? - CORRECT ANSWER-Saturated adiabatic lapse rate Carb icing can occur with an outside temperature of 12*c - CORRECT ANSWER-true Do convective or stratiform clouds have a higher rate of icing? - CORRECT ANSWERConvective clouds Does an inversion layer make an icing layer more shallow or deeper? - CORRECT ANSWER-Deeper During which month do MCC's (Mesoscale Convective Complexes) form? Do they form beneath a ridge or a trough? - CORRECT ANSWER-July-September, beneath and upper-level ridge During which months are tornadoes most common? - CORRECT ANSWER-April to June For a jet at 35,000ft, CAT is most likely atnorth of the jet and aton the south side. -