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Questions for WIND1

Answer the following questions

1. Standing in the Northern Hemisphere, north of a polar frontal depression travelling west to east, the wind will
2. The gradient wind is more than geostrophic wind around an anticyclone because the
3. A large pressure gradient is shown by
4. Where are easterly and westerly jets found?
5. A METAR for Paris gave the surface wind at 260°/20. Wind at 2000ft is most likely to be
6. Flying from an area of low pressure in the Southern Hemisphere at low altitudes, where is the wind coming from?
7. The wind in the Northern Hemisphere at the surface and above the friction layer at 2000 ft would be?
8. Which of the following is an example of a Foehn wind?
9. The Geostrophic Wind blows at your flight level in Northern Hemisphere the true altitude and indicated altitude remain constant, is the crosswind
10. With all other things being equal with a high and a low having constantly spaced circular isobars. Where is the wind the fastest?
11. When heading South in the Southern Hemisphere you experience Starboard drift
12. Where would you expect to find the strongest wind on the ground in temperate latitudes?
13. What is the relationship between the 2000 ft wind and the surface wind in the Northern Hemisphere
14. ATC will only report wind as gusting if
15. What prevents air from flowing directly from a high to a low pressure
16. What is the Bora?
17. If you fly with left drift in the Northern Hemisphere, what is happening to surface pressure?
18. Where would an anemometer be placed?
19. What causes wind?
20. Foehn winds are
21. What causes the Geostrophic wind to be stronger than the gradient wind around a low?
22. In a high pressure systems
23. Wind at altitude is usually given as …….. in ……..
24. What is a land breeze
25. In central Europe, where are the greatest wind speeds?
26. What is the effect of a mountain valley wind?
27. If flying in the Alps with a Foehn effect from the south
28. For the same pressure gradient at 50°N, 60°N and 40°N, the geostrophic wind speed is?
29. At a coastal airfield, with the runway parallel to the coastline. You are downwind over the sea with the runway to your right. On a warm summer afternoon, what would you expect the wind to be on finals?
30. An aircraft is flying East to West in the Northern Hemisphere. What is happening to his altitude?
31. What is the relationship between the 5000 ft wind and the surface wind in the southern hemisphere
32. Comparing the surface wind to the 3000ft wind
33. What is the difference between Gradient and Geostrophic winds?
34. Wind is caused by?
35. 90km/hr wind in kts is