Quiz Review

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Quiz Review

• MP 1, Quiz 2

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Weather Patterns

• Cumulonimbus clouds can spawn a tornado from a
  supercell thunderstorm

http//rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect14/tornado.jpg
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• Maritime Polar air mass is moist and cool

http//www.islandnet.com/see/weather/graphics/pho
tos/naairmass2.jpg
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Front

• Boundary between two air mass

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• Counterclockwise around low pressure in the
  northern hemisphere

http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImage
s/Images/modis_eastus_20010524.jpg
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• Isobars- same barometric pressure

http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/guides/mtr/fw/prs/gif
s/lwdef2.gif
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• Hurricane- large tropical storm with high
  sustained winds (more than 74 mph) rotating
  around a low pressure center

http//svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/isabel_20030915/i
mages/Isabel_091503b.jpg
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• Cold front- brings cooler temperatures after a
  period of precipitation

http//earthsci.org/weather/weaimages/cold_front.j
pg
http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/abt/usrgd/tch/nvg/gif
s/cfdef.gif
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Name that Front
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Interpreting Weather Symbols

• Kansas City has the lowest pressure
• Warm, cloudy, rainy in Buffalo as the front moves
  through
• 50 cloud cover in Cape Hatteras
• Rain in Cincinnati

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Hurricanes

• Tropical storms are named
• The Coriolis effect causes counterclockwise
  rotation around a low pressure center
• The highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Scale
  is 5

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Isabel heads into warmer water and becomes
imbalanced. Wind shear was not a factor in her
weakening strength. Linda had no effect either.
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Tornado

• Tornado watch means conditions are right.
  Tornado warning means a tornado has formed, take
  cover.

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• Dry Line- Cold, dry air from the Rocky Mountains

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• Midwest plains states are called Tornado Alley.

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Spring is the season with the most tornado
activity.
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Study!