Study Questions -Cont.

AVIATION WEATHER

CHAPTER THREE

With frontal passage, the winds of a cold front will shift from the _____to the ____, and the

winds of a warm front will shift from the _____to the _____.

southeast to the northwest; southeast to the northwest

southeast to the southwest; southwest to the northwest

southwest to the northwest; southeast to the southwest

northwest to the southwest; southwest to the southeast

In one respect, embedded warm-front thunderstorms present a greater flying hazard than

cold-front thunderstorms because the warm-front cumulonimbus clouds__________________.

may be hidden in stratus type clouds

generally contain a great amount of cloud-to-ground lightning

have lower bases and lie closer to the Earth's surface

are much more violent and turbulent

Which one of the following would indicate a cold front has passed?

Wind shifts

Pressure falls

Humidity increases

Temperature rises

If you are flying from east to west and you encounter cirrus, cirrostratus, alto-stratus,

nimbostratus and then stratus clouds, you are most likely approaching a_______________.

stationary front

warm front

either a or b

neither a nor b

Mechanics of Frontal Systems 3-21