METEO-linuhan Online Quiz Show - AVERAGE Round

In a weather map, what indicates a a strong pressure gradient or large change in pressure over a relatively short distance?

• crossed isobars

• loose isobars

• tightly packed isobars

• wavy isobars

Up in the atmosphere, wind can have a balance between the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force. This condition results to:

• Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind

• Cyclostrophic Wind

• Geostrophic Wind

• Gradient Wind

It is the lowest layer of the troposphere and the layer of the atmosphere that is in contact with the surface and experiences the effects of friction.

It is a satellite sensor that send signals toward the earth's surface and measure the signal return (like a radar).

• Active Sensor

• Geomagnetic Sensor

• Passive Sensor

• Sun Aspect Sensor

It is an area in the Pacific where there is collection of marine debris.

The so called tail-end of a cold front is an extension of a weather system that forms when the cold air mass dominates the warm air mass, causing interaction and rains. What is the other term for it?

• Gradient Wind

• Low Pressure Area

• Shear Line

• Wind Shear

There are six tropical cyclone Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres designated as responsible to provide advisories and bulletins with up–to–date first level basic meteorological information on all tropical cyclones to their regions. In what RSMC does the PAR belong?

• Hong Kong Observatory

• The Korean Meteorological Agency

• The Shanghai Weather Bureau

• Tokyo-Typhoon Center

What is the international name of the last typhoon that entered PAR last year?

Based on PAGASA data, what month is the driest in Laoag City?

It is a diagram or map showing almost instantaneous snapshot of the atmosphere from the surface to about the 100 millibar level.

• Isobaric Map

• skew-T Diagram

• Weather Map

• Wind Rose