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Weather system formation, including air masses and fronts

e. Weather system formation, including air masses and fronts

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Area: PA.I

Task: PA.I.C

Element: Weather system formation, including air masses and fronts

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(Refer to Figure 12.) Which airport's METAR report most likely indicates a continental air mass?

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Surface weather observations at the destination airport indicate the following sequence: initially, temperature 78°F, dew point 72°F, wind 210° at 15 knots with broken cumulonimbus clouds and occasional thunderstorms; followed by a rapid wind shift to 350° at 20 knots, temperature dropping to 58°F, dew point 52°F, skies clearing to scattered cumulus. This sequence most likely indicates the passage of

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Referring to the METAR reports in the figure, the weather conditions at which airport are most characteristic of a warm front?

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Weather system formation, including air masses and fronts