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The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley breeze are examples of correct answers
thermal circulations
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of correct
answers thousands of kilometers
in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the polar front is______, while air further
south is____ correct answers cold; warm
the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is correct answers mT
because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds aloft with the same pressure gradiant
correct answers more slowly than
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, muggy summer weather in the eaastern half
of the United States correct answers 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 correct answers increase
The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the exit is found______` correct answers
upwind; downwind
When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze moving west, they form a correct answers sea
breeze convergence zone
, Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream correct answers it generally blows west to
east
The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of correct answers pressure
the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given horizontal distance is called the correct
answers pressure gradient
The worlds deserts are found at the 30 degree latitude because correct answers 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
correct answers pressure gradient force
which of the following produces the strongest coriolis force? correct answers fast winds, high
latitude
a surface low pressure center is generally associated with _____ on an upper level isobaric chart
correct answers a trough
at a warm front, the warm air correct answers rises and cools
on a surface weather map that shows an open wave cyclone, the warm sector can be observed
correct answers between the cold and warm fronts
the ultimate cause of a jet stream is correct answers the energy imbalance between high and low
latitudes
the majority of the United States lies within this wind belt correct answers westerlies
Beach || A+ Certified.
The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley breeze are examples of correct answers
thermal circulations
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of correct
answers thousands of kilometers
in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the polar front is______, while air further
south is____ correct answers cold; warm
the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is correct answers mT
because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds aloft with the same pressure gradiant
correct answers more slowly than
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, muggy summer weather in the eaastern half
of the United States correct answers 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 correct answers increase
The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the exit is found______` correct answers
upwind; downwind
When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze moving west, they form a correct answers sea
breeze convergence zone
, Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream correct answers it generally blows west to
east
The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of correct answers pressure
the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given horizontal distance is called the correct
answers pressure gradient
The worlds deserts are found at the 30 degree latitude because correct answers 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
correct answers pressure gradient force
which of the following produces the strongest coriolis force? correct answers fast winds, high
latitude
a surface low pressure center is generally associated with _____ on an upper level isobaric chart
correct answers a trough
at a warm front, the warm air correct answers rises and cools
on a surface weather map that shows an open wave cyclone, the warm sector can be observed
correct answers between the cold and warm fronts
the ultimate cause of a jet stream is correct answers the energy imbalance between high and low
latitudes
the majority of the United States lies within this wind belt correct answers westerlies
