WX 201 Final Exam 2025-2026 most recent
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____ are found beneath fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) clouds, whereas ____
are found between the clouds. - CORRECT ANSWER: updrafts; gentle downdrafts
____________ echo indicates strong updraft and can be identified by ____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER: convective; high reflectivity gradients
20°C is equal to __°F - CORRECT ANSWER: 68.0000
50°F is equal to __°C - CORRECT ANSWER: 10.0000
A boundary between dry and moist tropical air masses that may act as a thunderstorm
trigger: - CORRECT ANSWER: dry line
A cloud that appears bright white on visible satellite imagery and bright white on infrared
imagery is a - CORRECT ANSWER: thunderstorm or thick, high clouds
A conditionally unstable layer is unstable if __ and stable if __ - CORRECT ANSWER:
saturated, dry
A greenhouse gas - CORRECT ANSWER: absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation
A group of thunderstorm cells which develop in a small group or line one next to the
other, each in a different stage of development, is called: - CORRECT ANSWER: a
multicell thudnerstorm
,A heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is: -
CORRECT ANSWER: convection
A location in the center of a large, mid-latitude continent is likely to experience -
CORRECT ANSWER: large temperature variation from summer to winter
A radiation inversion is most commonly observed: - CORRECT ANSWER: just above
the ground
A rainshadow is normally found: - CORRECT ANSWER: on the downwind side of a
mountain range
A Skew T, Log P chart is a useful tool for - CORRECT ANSWER: -drawing a parcel
curve
-calculating the lifted index
-determining stability of the atmosphere
-plotting and analyzing a sounding
A small thunderstorm cloud with virga falling out of its base and blowing dust at the
ground could warn of a severe hazard to an airplane because: - CORRECT ANSWER:
this cloud indicate an intense downdraft or microburst
A storm of tropical origin whose high winds and water cause a great deal of destruction
to islands in the western North Pacific is (in this part of the world) known as a: -
CORRECT ANSWER: typhoon
A surface cyclone will strengthen when ____. - CORRECT ANSWER: Upper-level
divergence exceeds surface convergence
, A sustained northeasterly breeze of 20 knots is reported as - CORRECT ANSWER:
04520KT
A thunderstorm cell is composed entirely of downdrafts during the ____ stage. -
CORRECT ANSWER: dissipating
A tornado is often made visible by: - CORRECT ANSWER: dust or debris
A wall cloud is - CORRECT ANSWER: a rotating cloud hanging beneath updraft of a
supercell
A wind flow pattern that takes on a more or less north-south trajectory is called: -
CORRECT ANSWER: meridional flow
A wind reported as 225º would be a wind blowing from the: - CORRECT ANSWER: SW
According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation
occurs - CORRECT ANSWER: is inversely proportional to to the temperature
After the heavy convective precipitation from a squall line ends, I will most likely
observe____. - CORRECT ANSWER: lighter precipitation in a trailing stratiform region
Air can hold more water vapor when it is - CORRECT ANSWER: warm
Air pressure in a warm column of air will ____ with increasing height ____ than in the
cold column. - CORRECT ANSWER: decrease, more slowly
Air which resists vertical motion is considered to be - CORRECT ANSWER: stable
version Comprehensive 200 questions and
verified answers accurate solutions Already
graded A+ Get it 100% correct
____ are found beneath fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) clouds, whereas ____
are found between the clouds. - CORRECT ANSWER: updrafts; gentle downdrafts
____________ echo indicates strong updraft and can be identified by ____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER: convective; high reflectivity gradients
20°C is equal to __°F - CORRECT ANSWER: 68.0000
50°F is equal to __°C - CORRECT ANSWER: 10.0000
A boundary between dry and moist tropical air masses that may act as a thunderstorm
trigger: - CORRECT ANSWER: dry line
A cloud that appears bright white on visible satellite imagery and bright white on infrared
imagery is a - CORRECT ANSWER: thunderstorm or thick, high clouds
A conditionally unstable layer is unstable if __ and stable if __ - CORRECT ANSWER:
saturated, dry
A greenhouse gas - CORRECT ANSWER: absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation
A group of thunderstorm cells which develop in a small group or line one next to the
other, each in a different stage of development, is called: - CORRECT ANSWER: a
multicell thudnerstorm
,A heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is: -
CORRECT ANSWER: convection
A location in the center of a large, mid-latitude continent is likely to experience -
CORRECT ANSWER: large temperature variation from summer to winter
A radiation inversion is most commonly observed: - CORRECT ANSWER: just above
the ground
A rainshadow is normally found: - CORRECT ANSWER: on the downwind side of a
mountain range
A Skew T, Log P chart is a useful tool for - CORRECT ANSWER: -drawing a parcel
curve
-calculating the lifted index
-determining stability of the atmosphere
-plotting and analyzing a sounding
A small thunderstorm cloud with virga falling out of its base and blowing dust at the
ground could warn of a severe hazard to an airplane because: - CORRECT ANSWER:
this cloud indicate an intense downdraft or microburst
A storm of tropical origin whose high winds and water cause a great deal of destruction
to islands in the western North Pacific is (in this part of the world) known as a: -
CORRECT ANSWER: typhoon
A surface cyclone will strengthen when ____. - CORRECT ANSWER: Upper-level
divergence exceeds surface convergence
, A sustained northeasterly breeze of 20 knots is reported as - CORRECT ANSWER:
04520KT
A thunderstorm cell is composed entirely of downdrafts during the ____ stage. -
CORRECT ANSWER: dissipating
A tornado is often made visible by: - CORRECT ANSWER: dust or debris
A wall cloud is - CORRECT ANSWER: a rotating cloud hanging beneath updraft of a
supercell
A wind flow pattern that takes on a more or less north-south trajectory is called: -
CORRECT ANSWER: meridional flow
A wind reported as 225º would be a wind blowing from the: - CORRECT ANSWER: SW
According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation
occurs - CORRECT ANSWER: is inversely proportional to to the temperature
After the heavy convective precipitation from a squall line ends, I will most likely
observe____. - CORRECT ANSWER: lighter precipitation in a trailing stratiform region
Air can hold more water vapor when it is - CORRECT ANSWER: warm
Air pressure in a warm column of air will ____ with increasing height ____ than in the
cold column. - CORRECT ANSWER: decrease, more slowly
Air which resists vertical motion is considered to be - CORRECT ANSWER: stable
