Question 181 Deck General

The correct answer is B) Falling barometer. The explanation is as follows: 1. A vessel located southeast of an approaching eastward-moving storm center on the Great Lakes would not experience a falling barometer. Instead, it would experience a rising barometer as the storm center passes to the north and east of the vessel's location. 2. The relationship between storm systems and barometric pressure is a key concept in marine weather forecasting. As a storm system approaches, the barometric pressure drops, but as the storm center passes, the pressure rises on the southeastern side of the system. 3. The other options (A, C, and D) are characteristic of the conditions that would be experienced by a vessel located southeast of an approaching eastward-moving storm center on the Great Lakes.