4.
You sight the following cloud pattern forming along the edge of the land, on a warm summer’s day.
a) Identify this cloud type. b) What is likely to have caused this cloud type to form?
5.
After a prolonged period of strong westerly winds, what sea conditions should be expected across the bar at the entrance to Sweetwater Bay (on the Southern Peninsula) near LW?
6. What effect can a pressure greater than standard have on the depth of water? 7.
a) What does this suggest is happening? b) What type of clouds are likely to develop? c) Is precipitation expected? d) What is likely to happen to visibility in the coming hours?
8.
A vessel plans to anchor in Bramhope Creek for the night. During the appraisal the navigator consults the passage information and Bramhope Creek information in the Training Almanac.
a) What significant weather feature should they identify? b) Which wind direction is likely to increase this? c) Describe how this phenomena occurs.
9. What weather observations might a skipper ask to have regularly recorded in the ship’s log? List three.
10. With regards to weather, produce a set of criteria you would incorporate into your standing orders, for which you would like your crew to wake you up.
A vessel observes a fall in barometric pressure (7mb over three hours), accompanied by the wind backing to the south, and the high cirrus clouds beginning to thicken.
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