weather quiz

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which is hottest, magma, lightning or the sun’s surface.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what the Video Integrator and Processor (VIP) on a weather radar shows. 

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which part of Texas experiences the lowest dew point temperatures throughout the year.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks: North Texas averages about 28 tornadoes each year. What is the record for the most in a year?

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith asks what that object at the end of the traffic signal arms does.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which front moves the fastest.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks where stronger wind gusts can be found.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which city is considered the cloudiest, Anchorage, Portland or Buffalo.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what makes supercell thunderstorms unique.

A layer of warm air aloft is known as a temperature inversion. NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks how it can affect thunder.

NBC 5 Chief Meterologist Rick Mitchell asks what direction the wind barb is indicating the wind is blowing.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what is the average lead time for a tornado warning in the United States.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what effect makes things like planes or air currents appear to curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which specific weather event Texas ranks first compared to other states with an average 139 per year.

The cap is a layer of warm air at around 5,000 feet that keeps thunderstorms from forming. NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks where does the cap originate?

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what helicity within a thunderstorm measures.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what weather feature volcanic eruptions can create.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what is the most common reason for a grounds top at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what the slang weather term ‘tall thunder’ means.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what is the latest date a trace of snow was recorded in DFW.