THE MARTY BAXTER
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METAR's!
Basic Trivia
100
What is Marty's favorite class to teach
Allegedly MET 260
100
sinking air and anti cyclonic rotation is what pressure system?
High pressure
100
when picking a location for a weather station the exposure ratio for all nearby obstructions should be greater than or equal to what number?
2
100
Decode this!
METAR RAE2056DZB47E58
Rain end 20:56 Drizzle begin 21:47 ends 21:58
100
What is capital of Washington
Olympia
200
What is the U.S.A's snow to liquid ratio?
13:1 (if you said 10:1 you're free to leave.)
200
Temp 76, dew 55, light rain, wind NE 20 kts, pressure 1013.8 mb , rising then rapidly falling pressure, overcast
200
what part/parts of the jet stream have rising air?
Left exit right entrance?
200
DECODE THIS!
METAR KMOP 072055Z AUTO 29014G22KT
weather report for KMOP 7th 20:55z automated winds 290 14kts gusts of 22kts
200
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118
300
What is Martys favourite NFL team?
The Kanas City Chiefs
300
what is the warmest hour of the day and why
about 4pm the energy gained from the sun begins to equal the amount of energy radiated from the earth causing the earth to begin to cool
300
(T/F) a positively tiled trough is generally associated with stronger lift and more rapid cyclogenesis
FALSE
300
DECODE THIS!
METAR KDTW 072053Z 27014KT 10SM FEW060 FEW095 SCT250
weather report for Detroit 7th 20:53zulu winds west/270 at 14kts visibility 10 miles clouds few 6000 feet few 9500 feet scattered 25000 feet
300
What was Dan Campbells record his first year with the Detroit lions
3-13-1
400
what university did marty get hid Ph.D from?
St. Louis university
400
why does the wind blow? what on a weather map can we use to determine how strong the wind is?
changes in temp -> changes in pressure -> PGF -> high to low, how tightly packed the isobars are
400
if your rain gauge is filled with snow how should you obtain the liquid amount in the gauge?
along the lines of:
measure water then heat said water then melt the snow in gauge and measure total minus water that was heated.
400
DECODE this!
KMISP 111453Z 18012G20KT 10SM SCT030 BKN080 22/15 A3012 RMK AO2
Weather at 11th 14:53z wind south/180 12kt gusts 20kt visibility 10 miles clouds scattered at 3000 feet broken at 8000 feet temperature 22 degrees C dewpt 15 degrees C altimeter 3012 remarks automatic station with precip discriminator
400
what is the speed of light in m/s (will take within 5%)
299 792 458 m / s
500
What year was martys snow to liquid ratio paper published?
2005
500
Lapse rates
what is the ELR
what is the DALR
what is the MALR
ELR = 6.5 C per km
DALR = 10 C per km
MALR = 6 C per km
500
WHAT YEAR was the CMU COOP station first established
1895 bad data 131 years and still going!
500
DECODE THIS!
METAR KGRR 072053Z 28013G24KT 10SM FEW050 FEW250 21/08 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP083 T02110083 53002
grand rapids, 7th, 20:53 zulu, winds 280 or west, 13kts gusts 24kts, visibility 10 miles, clouds few 5000 feet few 25000 feet, temp 21 dew 8, altimeter 2978, remarks, automated with precip discriminator, sea level pressure 1008.3 mb, temp 21.1 dewpt 8.3, pressure tendency +.3 mb