Study Questions:

1.  At what altitude does a microburst change from downflow to a horizontal flow?

2.  How rapidly does the air descend in a microburst?

3.  What is the measurement of shearing in a microburst?

4.  What weather produces a microburst?

5.  How long is a microburst event?

6.  Does the horizontal wind get stronger or weaker near the ground?

7.  From the NOAA reference, what is a Double-Ring structure of a microburst?

8.  How does a microburst curl near the ground?

9.  What is an LLWAS?

10.. What is an LLWAS-2?

11. How low must an event get to the ground before an LLWAS will sense it?

12.  Will an LLWAS-2 ever produce a Microburst Alert?

13.  What is a TDWR?

14.  Where will microburst or wind shear that is sensed by a TDWR, ITWS, WSP, or MIAWS produce an alert to tower?

15.  How many sensors does a LLWAS-2, LLWAS-RS, LLWAS-NE have?

16.  What is the WSP?  Where is it now?

17.  What will a tower controller tell you as a pilot to warn of a wind shear or microburst alert?

18.  What is TWIP?

19.  What is a MIAWS system?

20.. What terms will a controller use to describe the six different VIP levels to you as a pilot?

21.  How does MIAWS contradict your radar?