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Closed Book Examination – Examination Materials for CCM Application – 20 minutes

1. What is the typical 300 mb height in decameters in the winter over the United States?

(a) 600

(b) 930

(c) 1500

(d) 1200

(e) 410

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2. What is the typical 700 mb temperature in troughs in winter over the United States?

(a) +15 C

(b) +5 C

(c) –5 C

(d) –15 C

(e) -25C

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3. The following text appears in a forecast discussion:

“…A LINE OF TRWS IS APPCH NCAL ATTM. FQT LGT CAN BE EXPECTED. TCU ARE NOW OVER THE COAST RANGE AND EXPECTED TO EXPAND AS LINE APPROACHES…’

Decode:

5 1/2/134 M301/M698/Context Was this asked? Yes!!)

4. You need to obtain the weather forecasts issued by the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office for April 1, 1998. These would be found:

(a) archived at NCDC

(b) archived at the NWS Oxnard

(c) archived at the LA Times

(d) archived at WRCC

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5. You need to obtain the Local Climatological Data for LA Airport for the month of April 1998. These would be found:

(a) archived at NCDC

(b) archived at the NWS Oxnard

(c) archived at the LA Times

(d) archived at WRCC

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