WX 201 Exam 3 Questions with 100% Correct
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The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley breeze are examples of
thermal circulations
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of
thousands of kilometers
in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the polar front is______, while
air further south is____
cold; warm
the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is
mT
because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds aloft with the same pressure
gradiant
more slowly than
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, muggy summer weather in the
eaastern half of the United States
mT
If the flow of air into a surface low pressure area is greater than the divergence of air
aloft, the surface pressure in the center of the low will
increase
The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the exit is found______`
, upwind; downwind
When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze moving west, they form a
sea breeze convergence zone
Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream
it generally blows west to east
The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of
pressure
the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given horizontal distance is called the
pressure gradient
The worlds deserts are found at the 30 degree latitude because
of the sinking air of the subtropical highs
The force that would cause a stationary parcel of air to begin moving horizontally is
called the
pressure gradient force
which of the following produces the strongest coriolis force?
fast winds, high latitude
a surface low pressure center is generally associated with _____ on an upper level
isobaric chart
a trough
at a warm front, the warm air
Answers
The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley breeze are examples of
thermal circulations
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of
thousands of kilometers
in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the polar front is______, while
air further south is____
cold; warm
the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is
mT
because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds aloft with the same pressure
gradiant
more slowly than
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, muggy summer weather in the
eaastern half of the United States
mT
If the flow of air into a surface low pressure area is greater than the divergence of air
aloft, the surface pressure in the center of the low will
increase
The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the exit is found______`
, upwind; downwind
When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze moving west, they form a
sea breeze convergence zone
Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream
it generally blows west to east
The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of
pressure
the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given horizontal distance is called the
pressure gradient
The worlds deserts are found at the 30 degree latitude because
of the sinking air of the subtropical highs
The force that would cause a stationary parcel of air to begin moving horizontally is
called the
pressure gradient force
which of the following produces the strongest coriolis force?
fast winds, high latitude
a surface low pressure center is generally associated with _____ on an upper level
isobaric chart
a trough
at a warm front, the warm air
