WX 201 Exam 2 WITH ANSWERS

WX 201 Exam 2 WITH ANSWERS
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Upper-level divergence results in - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔rising motion and falling surface pressure
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A surface high forms beneath upper-level - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔convergence and northwest flow |\ |\ |\ |\




Flying at 35,000 ft, I am most likely to be in or above
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cloud when the flow is from the - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔southwest


The troposphere is warmest under an upper-level -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ridge |\ |\




Warmest air is found beneath __ and coldest beneath __ -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A and E, C` |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




A surface low will most likely form beneath __ while a
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surface high will form near __ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D,
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B


Rising motion and cloud are most likely beneath -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D |\ |\

, On average, at 30,000 ft, I find __ pressure above the
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poles and __ pressure above the tropics - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔low, high |\ |\




In July, the 300 mb tropical high pressure belt is located -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔near 20N |\ |\ |\




On average, I find lowest 300 mb heights above the north
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pole in - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔January
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In winter, the northern hemisphere upper-level westerlies
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are __ and extend further __ than in summer - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔stronger, south |\ |\




Short waves typically have __ divergence associated with
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them and move __ than long waves - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔more, faster |\




Flying at 35,000 ft, I am most likely to be in or above
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cloud when the wind is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔from the
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southwest


In January, strongest flow at 30,000 ft is found - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔just east of Asia and N. America
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