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Department of Training
SCOPE
Basic principles of meteorology Physics without mathematics
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SYLLABUS
Getting started (Lesson 1) Atmosphere properties and behavior (Lessons 2 4) Weather systems (Lesson 5) Internet weather products (Lesson 6) Forecasting methods and tips (Lesson 7) Coping with adverse weather (Lesson 8)
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H L COLD STATIONARY
WARM
OCCLUDED JET STREAM
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INCHES OF MERCURY
VACUUM
THERMOMETERS
LIQUID
200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 100
BI-METAL STRIP
60
FAHRENHEIT
90 80 70 60 50 40 40 50
CELSIUS
30
30 50 20 10 40 30
60
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HYGROMETERS
HAIR
SPRING
ANEMOMETERS
ROTATING CUP TYPE PROPELLER TYPE
MEASURES WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION SHOULD BE MOUNTED 30 FEET HIGH IN A CLEAR AREA
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WIND DIRECTION
WIND BLOWS FROM A COMPASS DIRECTION NORTH or NORTHERLY
WEST or WESTERLY
EAST or EASTERLY
SOUTH or SOUTHERLY
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CLOCKWISE VEERING
WEATHER CLEARING
WEATHER DETERIORATING
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DIRECTION AFFECTED BY BUILDINGS AND TREES SPEED OFFSHORE PROBABLY GREATER COASTAL WARNING DISPLAY SYSTEM
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GALE
33 TO 47
STORM
48 TO 63
HURRICANE
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64 OR MORE
CIRROCUMULUS
BY HEIGHT FAMILIES
MIDDLE ALTO-
6500 ALTOSTRATUS ALTOCUMULUS
STRATUS
CUMULUS
FRONT
500
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1,000 MILES
ALTOCUMULUS
TOWERING CUMULUS
CUMULUS
50
100
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150
200 MILES
10o
WITH ARM STRETCHED FOUR FINGERS = 10 DEGREES HEIGHT = 0.2 x DISTANCE USE KNOWN DISTANCE TO OBJECT UNDER CLOUD EDGE or ESTIMATED DISTANCE (25,000 FT) TO LOSS OF DETAIL
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HORIZON
HEIGHT = 11/2 x 0.2 x 25,000 = 3,750 FEET WORKS BEST FOR LOW CLOUDS
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TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT
HEIGHT IN FEET EXAMPLE AIR TEMPERATURE = 81 oF DEW POINT TEMPERATURE = 70 oF HEIGHT = 1,000 x (81 70) 4.4 = 11,000 4.4 = 2,500 FEET
WORKS FOR CULUMUS AND ALTOCUMULUS CLOUDS DOES NOT WORK FOR STRATIFORM CLOUDS
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