(Solved): Plotted on upper-air maps are temperature (C), dewpoint (C), wind speed ...

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Plotted on upper-air maps are temperature $$\left({}^{?}\mathrm{C}\right)$$, dewpoint $$\left({}^{?}\mathrm{C}\right)$$, wind speed $$(\mathrm{kts})$$, wind direction, and the height of the pressure surface above sea level (m). The upper-air station model depicted in Figure 8A-4, is similar but distinct from surface station models. If the wind speed reaches $$50\mathrm{kts}$$, a flag is added to the wind shaft. $$\begin{array}{rl}\text{ Temperature }\left({}^{?}\mathrm{C}\right)& \text{ Altitude }(\text{ tens }m)\\ & =5490\mathrm{m}\\ \text{ Dewpoint }\left({}^{?}\mathrm{C}\right)& \text{ Wind }\\ & \text{ (southeast, }65\mathrm{kts})\end{array}$$ Figure 8A-4. Upper-air station model legend (500 mb). Table 8A-1 Standard Atmosphere altitude of the pressure surface and the missing digits needed to decode the three plotted numbers $$(xxx)$$. *If the 700-mb level is below $$3000\mathrm{m}$$, it requires a 2 in front of the values. Conditions at 500-mb are in the middle troposphere, however weather systems extend well into the troposphere, and a three-dimensional understanding of them is necessary for making accurate weather forecasts. Figure 8A-5 is the 500-mb constant-pressure map for $$00\mathrm{Z}14$$ March 2021, the upper-air conditions over the coterminous U.S. and adjacent areas of Canada and Mexico. Figure 8A-5. Analyzed upper-air weather map with height contours (isohypses), isotherms, and 500 mb radiosonde data for O0Z 14 MAR 2021. 15. Recalling that the heights plotted at individual stations on 500 -mb maps are in tens of meters (place a 0 to the right of the three plotted digits), the coded height at Midland-Odessa (MAF), in west Texas ("572") indicated $$500\mathrm{mb}$$ occurred at $$\mathrm{m}$$ above sea level. a. 57.2 b. 572 c. 5720 d. 57,200 16. On the $$500?\mathrm{mb}$$ map, the station observation for Midland-Odessa shows that, at the $$500?\mathrm{mb}$$ pressure level over the station, the temperature was $${}^{?}\mathrm{C}$$. a. -11 b. -13 c. -25 d. -57 17. The dewpoint at $$500\mathrm{mb}$$ over Midland-Odessa was $${}^{?}\mathrm{C}$$. One of the driest reports on the map! a. -25 b. -31 c. -45 d. -57 18. The wind at Midland-Odessa was generally from the southwest at knots. (The wind being reported has one flag, and four long feathers.) a. 25 b. 30 c. 45 d. 75 e. 90