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POVL-WK1
MARINE LICENSE - HK - WK1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "question | answers" |
| "Gale Imminent | Within 6 hours" |
| "Gale Soon | 6-12 hours" |
| "Gale Later | More than 12 hours" |
| "Pressure above 1020 millibars (mb) and steady | Settled weather for about 24 hours" |
| "Rapid fall, 10 mb in 3 hours | Worsening weather and strengthening backing (anticlockwise) winds or gale" |
| "Steady pressure fall | Gradually worsening weather" |
| "Rapid rise | Brings clear skies and some wind veering ( clockwise) shifting" |
| "Steady pressure rise | Better weather coming" |
| "Speed of weather, slowly | 0-15 kt" |
| "Speed of weather, steadily | 15-25 kt" |
| "Speed of weather, rather quickly | 25-35 kt" |
| "Speed of weather, rapidly | 35-45 kt" |
| "Speed of weather, very rapidly | Over 45 kt" |
| "Visibility good | More than 8 km" |
| "Visibility moderate | 3-8 km" |
| "Visibility poor | 1097 m - 3 km" |
| "Visibility fog | Less than 1097 m" |
| "Tropical cyclone within ""x"" km of HK a warning is issued by HK Observatory | 800 km" |
| "Signal 1 | Advisory" |
| "Signal 3 | Strong wind 41-62 km/hr" |
| "Signal 8 | Gale force wind 63-117 km/hr" |
| "Signal 9 | Increasing gale" |
| "Signal 10 | Typhoon wind speeds 118 km/hr or more" |
| "Strong monsoon signal | Black ball" |
| "Force 0 | Calm, less than 1 knot, mirror" |
| "Force 1 | Light air, 1-3 knots, ripples" |
| "Force 2 | Light breeze, 4-6 knots, small wavelets" |
| "Force 3 | Gentle breeze, 7-10 knots, large wavelets, scattered white horses" |
| "Force 4 | Moderate breeze, 11-16 knots, small waves, frequent white horses" |
| "Force 5 | Fresh breeze, 17-21 knots, moderate waves, many white horses" |
| "Force 6 | Strong breeze, 22-27 knots, Yachtsman's gale, large waves, foam crests" |
| "Force 7 | Near gale, 28-33 knots, very large waves" |
| "Force 8 | Gale, 34-40 knots, high waves" |
| "Force 9 | Strong gale, 41-47 knots" |
| "Force 10 | Storm, 48-55 knots" |
| "Force 11 | Violent storm 56-63 knots" |
| "Force 12 | Hurricane, 64 knots and over" |
| "Force to wind calculation | Force number -1 x 5 = knots" |
| "Wind blows over large areas of water uninterrupted by land creating considerable wave height | Fetch" |
| "Radar reflector | Voyages outside of HK waters" |
| "Lifebuoy 760 mm | Support 2 persons" |
| "Lifebuoy 610 mm | Support 1 person" |
| "Lanyard | Rope" |
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