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...
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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