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WX 201 Exam 3 The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley breeze are examples of - Answer- thermal circulations Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of - Answer- thousands of kilometers in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to t...

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WX 201 Exam 3
The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley breeze are examples of - Answer-
thermal circulations

Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of - Answer-
thousands of kilometers

in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the polar front is______, while air further
south is____ - Answer- cold; warm

the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is - Answer- mT

because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds aloft with the same pressure gradiant
- Answer- more slowly than

What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, muggy summer weather in the eaastern half
of the United States - Answer- 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 - Answer- increase

The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the exit is found______` - Answer-
upwind; downwind

When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze moving west, they form a - Answer- sea
breeze convergence zone

Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream - Answer- it generally blows west to east

The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of - Answer- pressure

the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given horizontal distance is called the -
Answer- pressure gradient

The worlds deserts are found at the 30 degree latitude because - Answer- 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 -
Answer- pressure gradient force

which of the following produces the strongest coriolis force? - Answer- fast winds, high
latitude

a surface low pressure center is generally associated with _____ on an upper level isobaric
chart - Answer- a trough

at a warm front, the warm air - Answer- rises and cools

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