RADAR
SATELLITE
UPPER WINDS
SURFACE CHARTS
CONSTANT PRESSURE CHARTS
100
A RADAR return is called this.
Echo
100
This type of Satellite rotates in the same direction as the earth and is fixed in space.
Geostationary
100
This is the Formal Two Letter Identifier for an Upper Wind Chart
FB
100
Environment Canada Produces these "big picture snapshots" on these 4 Zulu Times
00Z, 06Z, 12Z, 18Z
100
In Canada, this is the preferred unit of Pressure measurement
Hectopascals hPa
200
The different angles a RADAR beam can be set to is called this.
Tilt
200
Geostationary Satellites provide updated consistent views of the earth in this cycle of time
15 minutes
200
These are the reported altitudes for Low Level Upper Winds.
3000, 6000, 9000, 18,000 feet
200
A "flag" depicting Wind direction and Wind Speed is called this.
A Wind Barb
200
The approximate altitude that a 850 hPa chart portrays.
5000 feet
300
The acronym RADAR stands for this.
Radio Detection and Ranging
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Polar Orbiting Satellites orbit in this directional path
North to South
300
The reason an Upper Wind Report would not be given for the 3000' level.
Terrain elevation is more than 1500' ASL
300
This type of front is noted as "QS"
Quasi Stationary
300
Contours on a Constant Pressure Chart depict this.
Height of the Pressure Level
400
The scattering, reflection, or absorption of a RADAR beam close to a station, or in areas of intense precipitation resulting in unreliable data is called this.
Attenuation
400
According to "Canadian Weather Aviation", an intense low pressure system in the summer often appears as this type of cloud
Comma Cloud
400
The code for light and variable winds less than 5 knows
9900
400
This Law states that "If you stand with your back to the wind, the low pressure is on the left."
Buy's Ballots Law
400
This is the unit of measurement representing pressure level heights.
Decameters
500
Reflectivity depends on these two characteristics of precipitation.
Intensity and type
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In Satellite Weather Forecasting, this term describes forecasting weather within the next 6 hours.
Nowcasting.
500
Is the decoded answer to this Upper Wind Report:
"8060"
300 Degrees at 160 Knots
500
Is the Barometric Pressure for this Surface Station Plot.
1098.3 hPa
500
This is what the winds are called when the Pressure Gradient Force equals the Coriolis Force
Geostrophic