Mock Test 8: Full DGCA Meteorology (50 MCQs)

25%

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50%

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75%

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90%

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ISA-15

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ISA+15

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ISA+20

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ISA-20

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11,000 ft AMSL — no difference

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Higher than 11,000 ft AMSL — QNH > 1013 means pressure altitude reads lower than actual

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Lower than 11,000 ft AMSL

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Exactly 10,800 ft AMSL due to temperature correction

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100%

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~57%

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~80%

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~30%

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Downslope at night

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Upslope during the day when solar heating warms mountain slopes

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From sea to land in the morning

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From land to sea at night as a land breeze

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Severe icing at high altitude

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Shallow turbulence and poor visibility — typically below 200 ft — at low altitude over water

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Dense cloud covering high terrain

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Strong gusty winds at the surface

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Cumulus stage (developing)

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Mature stage — the most dangerous — with both updrafts and downdrafts

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Dissipating stage only

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The entire 1-2 hour life cycle

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Rime ice alternating with frost

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A combination of rime and clear ice — irregular surface highly disruptive aerodynamically

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Ice at mixed temperatures below and above 0°C alternating layers

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Clear ice with occasional rime patches in stratus cloud

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The eastern coast of India and Bangladesh

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The western coast of India (Mumbai, Goa, Kerala) and western hills

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Only the Andaman Islands

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Northeast India and Assam

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Cumulonimbus

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Cirrostratus

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Nimbostratus with warm layer above — classic warm front scenario

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Stratocumulus in summer

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Reduce power and maintain altitude

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Immediately exit the icing condition — the accretion rate exceeds anti-ice capability. Declare emergency if needed

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Apply carburettor heat and continue

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Increase to Vmo to generate more kinetic heating

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Identifying fog risk at low altitudes

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Identifying jet stream position and speeds for high-altitude flight planning

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Planning surface routes through frontal systems

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Estimating precipitation amounts at the surface

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Mumbai FIR

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Kolkata FIR

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Delhi FIR

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Chennai FIR

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At the equator due to Coriolis being zero

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On the poleward side and below the jet stream core where wind shear is greatest

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In the stratosphere above FL600

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At the surface during afternoon heating

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Very Calm Showers

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Vicinity Showers — showers within 8 km but not at the aerodrome

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Variable Cloud Shower

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Vertical Cloud — Shallow

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DALR and SALR averaging out over a global tropospheric profile

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Conduction from the surface and radiation from clouds

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ISA assumption is purely theoretical with no physical basis

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Stratospheric heating from ozone absorption

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ELR < SALR throughout

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SALR < ELR < DALR — conditional instability

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ELR > DALR — even dry parcels accelerate away from original level

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ELR = 0 (isothermal layer)

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Less than 24 hours

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2-3 days to a week from formation to dissipation

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Several months like North Atlantic hurricanes

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Only affects areas within 100 km of the coast

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Usual upper-air observation

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Urgent pilot report filed for severe conditions (severe icing, severe turbulence, etc.)

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Unconfirmed upper atmosphere data

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Universal upper air — standard format

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The cloud base (LCL)

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The level where the rising parcel becomes warmer than the environment — convection becomes self-sustaining

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The cloud top (Equilibrium Level)

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The level where the DALR transitions to SALR

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100 ft

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27-30 ft (8-9 m) in the lower troposphere

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50 ft

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500 m

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Severe thunderstorms, squalls, and hail

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Low stratus, drizzle, fog and poor visibility — warm moist air

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Clearing showers and gusty NW wind

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High pressure, anticyclonic, blue skies

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The pilot's view from the approach threshold

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Transmissometers or forward scatter meters at specific points along the runway

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The observer's estimate from the tower

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Doppler radar calibrated for short ranges

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Clockwise inflow converging toward the centre

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Anticlockwise inflow converging toward the centre

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Clockwise outflow diverging from the centre

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Random direction depending on steering flow

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Altimeter setting 3012 hPa (error)

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Altimeter setting 30.12 inches of mercury (in Hg) — used in the USA

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QNH 3012 mb — Indian format

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Altitude reading 3012 ft before QNH correction

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Severe enough for all aircraft including jets

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Significant for low-altitude operations, primarily light aircraft — moderate icing, turbulence, IFR conditions

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Only affecting helicopters

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Restricted to oceanic airspace

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A 24-hour forecast period

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The time of observation (or analysis time) — it shows current conditions

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The next 48 hours

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The past 6 hours of weather changes

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Continuous widespread rain from nimbostratus

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Drizzle in fog under stratus

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Heavy showers and hail from cumulonimbus in the frontal zone

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Freezing rain from a warm air overriding cold air

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Acc indicates stable conditions — no convective risk

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Acc indicates mid-level instability — afternoon CB development likely — plan fuel for possible diversion

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Acc only forms below the freezing level

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Acc is harmless and produces only light drizzle

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Mark the boundary between controlled and uncontrolled airspace

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Mark the lowest flight level above which standard pressure (1013.25 hPa) must be used, above the transition altitude

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Separate CAT A and CAT B approach minima

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Define the boundary of Indian FIR airspace

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Stabilised — cooling from above cools the air mass

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Destabilised — heated from below, convective cloud and showers develop

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Unchanged — sea surface has no effect at polar temperatures

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Dried — sea evaporation reduces relative humidity

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The equatorward (warm, anticyclonic) side

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The poleward (cold, cyclonic) side and below the jet core

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Directly above the jet in the stratosphere

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Equally on all sides of the jet core

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Scattered cloud at 1,800 ft, towering cumulus — precursor to CB — operationally significant

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Scattered cloud at 18,000 ft — no hazard

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Special cloud type at 018 hPa level

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Stratocumulus 1,800 ft, temporary cumulus above

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The static port is blocked by ice

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The wave creates local pressure variations differing from ambient free-air pressure — altimeter reads incorrectly

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Temperature inversions cause pressure-height relationship errors

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The pitot tube is bent by turbulence

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The ITCZ moving seasonally

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Sea surface temperature gradients — rising over warm pools, sinking over cool upwelling areas — linked to ENSO

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Polar jet stream interactions with the tropics

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Himalayan topographic blocking of westerly flow

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Below the cloud base (surface)

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Between the 0°C level and the upper troposphere — cycling with updrafts and downdrafts

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Above the tropopause only

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Only in the anvil at FL400+

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Maximum at midday — maximum temperature

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Maximum at night/dawn — minimum temperature (lowest T = highest RH if moisture constant)

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Constant throughout the day

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Only significant over oceans

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Embedded — CB hidden within stratiform cloud; cannot be seen visually, must be detected by WXR or PIREP

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Estimated MB Depth of cloud

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Equivalent Modified Barometric Datum

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Emergency Board — severe convection requiring diversion

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Complex ILS approach in flat terrain

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Mountain wave, strong downdrafts on approach path, severe density altitude, and narrow valley — one of the world's most demanding approaches

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Extreme thunderstorm frequency in summer

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High altitude only — performance is the sole concern

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Warm, moist weather with active monsoon

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Cold waves, frost, fog, and stable conditions — cP is cold, dry, and stable

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Thunderstorms and heavy rain

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Dust storms and sandstorms

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A circle with radiating lines and a dot — standard TC symbol with track indicated

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A square with an 'H' inside

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Closely spaced isobars with an 'L' only

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An anvil-shaped cloud outline

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Becoming scattered cloud at 15,000 ft between 12 and 14 UTC

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Between 12 and 14 UTC, cloud will change permanently to scattered at 1,500 ft AGL

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By 14 UTC, 15 oktas of cloud — overcast

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Between 12:14 and 14:12 local time, cloud becomes scattered

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Only light virga — no hazard

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Hail and severe turbulence extending 20+ NM from the storm in the anvil shadow region

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Only light icing — no structural risk

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Only lightning discharges — no other hazard

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Maximum sustained wind speed

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Storm surge height

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Minimum central pressure

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Size of the eye (eye diameter)

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East-west across the Himalayas

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Along the Indo-Gangetic Plain (roughly NW-SE), migrating north-south with active and break phases

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North-south along the Western Ghats

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Exactly over the equatorial Indian Ocean

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Read higher than actual — aircraft is LOWER than indicated (terrain clearance risk!)

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Read lower than actual — aircraft is HIGHER than indicated (safe)

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Read correctly — QNH has no effect in cruise

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Altimeter will auto-compensate using GPS data

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Precipitation forming above the jet stream

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Precipitation enhanced or initiated by air being forced to rise over terrain

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Precipitation associated only with cold fronts

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Artificially seeded cloud precipitation

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Circular isobars around a High with anticyclonic flow

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Asymmetric pattern with warm front ahead, cold front behind, warm sector between them

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Symmetrical system with equal wind speeds all around

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A simple trough line with no distinct pressure centre

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-30°C to -40°C

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0°C to -10°C

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−10°C to −20°C

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Below -40°C

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2 m (6.5 ft)

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10 m (33 ft)

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30 m (100 ft)

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50 m (160 ft)

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