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You are a Meteorologist. While taking present weather observations, you note tha

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Question

You are a Meteorologist. While taking present weather observations, you note that the sky is full of wispy cirrus clouds estimated to be about 5 kilometers overhead. If a warm front is approaching from the south, and has a slope of 1:250 is is ___ km away. Enter the numeric value of the distance. You are a Meteorologist. While taking present weather observations, you note that the sky is full of wispy cirrus clouds estimated to be about 5 kilometers overhead. If a warm front is approaching from the south, and has a slope of 1:250 is is ___ km away. Enter the numeric value of the distance.

Explanation / Answer

Given:

The overhead distance of cirrus clouds=5 km

The slope of the approaching warm front=1:250

Therefore the total distance of the warm front=250*5

=1250km