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Exam-hall rules, storm rolling in
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Exam-hall rules, storm rolling in

This is the boss. No calculator — every number is chosen to fit in your head, and the whole chapter reports for duty: force over area for the instrument plate, the vapour ratio for the humidity, the forecaster's dew-point rule (1 C° below air temperature for every 5 points of humidity under 100), and 3 seconds per kilometre for the storm itself. Every answer feeds the next — the humidity you find sets the dew point you call — so write each line down as you go; one early slip rolls all the way down the log.

Mental-math kit: dividing by 0.25 is multiplying by 4; dividing by 0.5 is doubling; 1.5 out of 3.0 is a half. Everything from the chapter rides in this one afternoon. 5★ under par here is the chapter crown. Eyes on the sky — clock in.

FAP

P=FAP = \frac{F}{A}

  • PP= Pressure (pressure)
  • FF= Force (force)
  • AA= Area (area)
Pressure (P = F/A) solver →
tpvpwsφ

φ=pvpws\varphi = \frac{p_v}{p_{ws}}

  • φ\varphi= Relative humidity
  • pvp_v= Water vapour partial pressure (pressure)
  • pwsp_{ws}= Saturation vapour pressure (pressure)
Relative Humidity from Vapour Pressure solver →
TRHTd

Td=c γb−γ,γ=ln⁡ ⁣RH100+b Tc+TT_d = \frac{c\,\gamma}{b - \gamma}, \quad \gamma = \ln\!\frac{\mathrm{RH}}{100} + \frac{b\,T}{c + T}

  • TdT_d= Dew point (temperature)
  • TT= Air temperature (temperature)
  • RH\mathrm{RH}= Relative humidity (concentration)
Dew Point (Magnus Approximation) solver →
tdT

d=(331.3+0.606 TC)td = \left(331.3 + 0.606\,T_C\right) t

  • dd= Distance to the strike (length)
  • tt= Seconds from flash to thunder (time)
  • TT= Air temperature (temperature)
Flash-to-Bang Distance to a Lightning Strike solver →
no calculator in the boss room — the numbers are chosen to fit in your head