ATMO 201 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
During the winter as you travel toward a warm front, the most likely sequence of
weather you would experience is - Answer -snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain
The air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is - Answer -mT
One would expect a cP air mass to be - Answer -cold and dry
Which of the following statements is most plausible - Answer -In winter, cA source
regions have lower temp than cP source regions
A dry line is a stated cold front - Answer -FALSE
A cold front that moves into New England from the east or northeast is called - Answer
-a "backdoor" cold front
At a warm front, the warm air - Answer -rises and cools
A good source region for an air mass would be - Answer -generally flat area of uniform
composition with light surface winds
In the southern hemisphere: - Answer -??
What type of air mass would be responsible for refreshing cool, dry breezes after a long
summer hot spell in the central plains - Answer -cP
An air mass is characterized by similar properties of_________ and ________ in any
horizontal direction - Answer -temperature, moisture
Atmospheric shortwaves usually move ________ at a speed that is ______ than
longwaves - Answer -west to east, faster
For cyclogenesis to occur along a frontal wave, the winds aloft directly above the wave
should be - Answer -diverging
Cyclogenesis is the ___________ of a midlatitude cyclone - Answer -development or
strengthening
According to the model of life cycle of a wave cyclone, the storm system is normally
most intense - Answer -when the system first becomes occluded
Developing low pressure areas generally have converging air near the surface and
______ air aloft - Answer -diverging
During the winter as you travel toward a warm front, the most likely sequence of
weather you would experience is - Answer -snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain
The air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is - Answer -mT
One would expect a cP air mass to be - Answer -cold and dry
Which of the following statements is most plausible - Answer -In winter, cA source
regions have lower temp than cP source regions
A dry line is a stated cold front - Answer -FALSE
A cold front that moves into New England from the east or northeast is called - Answer
-a "backdoor" cold front
At a warm front, the warm air - Answer -rises and cools
A good source region for an air mass would be - Answer -generally flat area of uniform
composition with light surface winds
In the southern hemisphere: - Answer -??
What type of air mass would be responsible for refreshing cool, dry breezes after a long
summer hot spell in the central plains - Answer -cP
An air mass is characterized by similar properties of_________ and ________ in any
horizontal direction - Answer -temperature, moisture
Atmospheric shortwaves usually move ________ at a speed that is ______ than
longwaves - Answer -west to east, faster
For cyclogenesis to occur along a frontal wave, the winds aloft directly above the wave
should be - Answer -diverging
Cyclogenesis is the ___________ of a midlatitude cyclone - Answer -development or
strengthening
According to the model of life cycle of a wave cyclone, the storm system is normally
most intense - Answer -when the system first becomes occluded
Developing low pressure areas generally have converging air near the surface and
______ air aloft - Answer -diverging
