Weather Continued

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Weather Continued
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Review

• Air masses
• Atmospheric stability
• How do we get precipitation?
• cool air to dewpoint temp
• by lifting
• need lifting mechanisms
• Convectional
• Convergent
• Orographic
• Frontal

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Convectional
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Convergent
Fig 8-5
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Orographic
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Frontal
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Fronts

• What is a front?
• leading edge of an advancing air mass
• What basic kinds of fronts can we have?
• Cold fronts
• Warm fronts
• Weather associated with fronts depends on the
  type of front

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Cold Fronts
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Short Group Activity

• Describe the weather youd experience as a cold
  front moving 50 km/hr approaches and passes over
  you. (Wind direction, temperature, and
  precipitation, in hourly increments)

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Warm Fronts
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Short Group Activity

• Describe the weather youd experience as a warm
  front moving 50 km/hr approaches and passes over
  you. (Wind direction, temperature, and
  precipitation, in hourly increments)

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Mid Latitude Cyclones
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Storms
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Air Masses Winter
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Air Masses Summer
Fig 8-5
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Fig 8-8