Hazardous weather is either imminent or occuring within the forcast area
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A weather watch would probably be issues for which of the following conditions:
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there is a chance for tornadoes tomorrow
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a surface or upper-level chart that interprets the present weather patterns
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Weather observations made by most countries of the world are share and distribute globally by international agencies:
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The least accurate forecast method of predicting the weather two days into the future during changeable weather conditions is usually the:
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Weather forecast that predicts that the future weather will be the same as the present weather is called:
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Which forecasting method assumes that weather systems will move in the same speed as they have been moving?
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steady state (trend) forecast
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A persistence forecast could be quite accurate when:
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you are positioned in the middle of a large, stationary air mass
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A forecast method that compares past weather maps and weather patters to those of the present is:
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The forecasting technique that produces several versions of a forecast model, each beginning with slightly different weather information to reflect errors in hte measurements is called
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Which of the following is presently a problem with modern-day weather predicitons?
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All of the above *See test
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The forecasting of weather by a computer is known as:
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numerical weather prediction
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When making a forecast, a meteorologist typically examines: