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Question Science and Nature

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1) What is 0’ Centigrade on the Fahrenheit scale? - 32 - WillowTheWhisp

2) What have Bailey, Plymouth, Thames, Rockall and Fisher in common? - Sea Area's for Weather Forecasts - poppy

3) In a depression does the wind circulate clockwise or anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere? - Anti - Clockwise - BTW

4) Name the 7 main colours of the rainbow? - Red, yellow, pink, green, orange, purple and blue - Bernie

5) What does an Anemometer? - Speed and Direction of Wind - Hekna

6) Which of the following cloud types is generally found at the highest altitude Cumulus, Cirrus, Stratus, alto Stratus - Cirrus - Von

7) The temperature drops how many degrees (in F) for every 1000 ft increase in altitude? - 3

8) What is the name given to the phenomena when the warm sector of a depression is lifted by an approaching cold front and the two merge? - Occlusion

9) Write down a wind speed in mph that falls in the either the British or International Gale Force 10 scale? - 49 -63 mph - Von

10) It is a wind that travels across the North West Mediterranean up through France and is also the name of a French train what is it called? - Mistral - jaysay
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Old 22-05-2008, 17:43
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2, coastal areas used as weather points or stations in the shipping forecast.
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Old 22-05-2008, 19:01
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4. Red, yellow, pink, green, orange, purple and blue.
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Old 22-05-2008, 19:22
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1. 32 I think
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10...Sirocco ? Its a wind dunno about the train
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Sorry, nope!
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10. T.v.g?
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10 Mistral
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9 89 to 102 km/h
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mph please
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