Meteorology 2 Review

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Meteorology 2Review
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5. Identify the air masses below.
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What type of air mass would form over each area?
Please label.
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cP
mP
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mP
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cP
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mT
cT
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mT
mT
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• 6. For each air mass below, identify its name,
  and describe the weather in each one.
• A. cP
• Dry and cool
• B. cT
• Dry and warm
• C. mP
• Humid and cool
• D. cT
• Humid and warm.

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7. Identify the type of front shown below.
Warm front
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8. Identify the type of front shown below.
Cold front
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9. What type of front is shown below? 10.
Describe the type of weather Columbus will
experience in a few days.
9. Cold front
10. Brief, heavy rain, followed by cooler temps
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11. What type of front is shown below? 12.
Describe the temperature change Indianapolis
will experience soon.
11. Warm front
12. Cooler ? warmer temps
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• 13. The boundary between two air masses is a
  ____.
• front
• 14. A cold air mass meets and pushes a warm air
  mass out of the way. What type of front am I?
• Cold front
• 15. A warm air mass is trapped between to cold
  air masses. What type of front am I?
• Occluded front

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• 16. A warm air mass meets and pushes a cold air
  mass out of the way. What type of front am I?
• Warm front
• 17. I am a front that brings drizzly rain and am
  followed by warm clear weather.
• Warm front
• 18. A cold air mass meets a warm air but neither
  is very strong. They are separated and many days
  of wet , cloudy weather occur.
• Stationary front

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• What type of front can be found close to point D?
• Cold front

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• Which of these fronts would you expect to have
  greater precipitation, but be short lived as the
  front passes?
• Cold front

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• If there is a big H on the weather map where you
  live, would you expect fair or stormy weather?
• fair

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• 22. What process forms clouds?
• condensation
• 23. Explain the difference between cirrus clouds
  and cumulus clouds.
• Cirrus clouds are light and feathery while
  cumulus are big and puffy
• 24. How does water from lakes and oceans enter
  the atmosphere?
• evaporation
• 25. How does ice that melts up in the mountains
  travel back to large bodies of water?
• runoff

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28. Using your RH chart find the following
a. Dry Bulb 16 Wet bulb 5
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b. Dry Bulb 10 Wet bulb 8
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• 29. How does temperature affect humidity?
• As temp increases, humidity increases
• 30. Explain what it means when the relative
  humidity is at 40.
• The air is holding 40 of the air it can possible
  hold at that temp
• 31. What instrument is used to measure relative
  humidity?
• psychrometer

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evaporation
condensation
precipitation
runoff
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• 39. What instrument measures air pressure? What
  unit is used?
• Barometer, millibars
• 40. How does elevation affect air pressure?
• As elevation increases, pressure decreases
• 41. Which is more dense cold air or hot air?
• cold
• 42. Which has more air pressure cold air or hot
  air?
• Cold

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In a high pressure area, air will (rise, sink)
because the air is (less, more) dense. This is
because the air is (cold, warm) and (rises,
sinks). Therefore, clouds CANNOT form.
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In a low pressure area, air will (rise, sink)
because the air is (less, more) dense. This is
because the air is (cold, warm) and (rises,
sinks). Therefore, clouds are LIKELY to form.
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• 45. WHICH WAY WILL WIND MOVE?

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46. At what point is the wind the strongest?
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Which type of breeze is represented in the
diagram below? Where is the high pressure area?
Where is the low pressure area?
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Sea Breeze (daytime)
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L
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Which type of breeze is represented in the
diagram below? Where is the high pressure area?
Where is the low pressure area?
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Land Breeze (night time)
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• 49. How are weather conditions in a high pressure
  system different than those in a low pressure
  system?
• High pressure clear, fair weather
• Low pressure cloudy, rainy
• 50. Describe wind direction in a high pressure
  system.
• High pressure clear, fair weather
• 51. Why do global winds curve?
• Because the earth rotates

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52. What instrument is used to measure
a. wind speed
b. air pressure
anemometer
barometer
ORIGIN from Greek anemos wind
ORIGIN from Greek baros weight
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Cloudy, rainy

• 53. A low pressure system brings ___________
  weather.
• 54. A high pressure system brings __________
  weather.
• 55. As the air temperature gets warmer the air
  pressure ___________.
• 56. The higher up you go air pressure
  ___________.
• 57. A ____________________ measures air pressure.

clear
decreases
decreases
barometer
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• 58. Wind always moves from _________ pressure to
  __________ pressure.
• High, low
• 59. On a pressure map, closely spaced isobars
  means that you will have _______ winds.
• Strong/fast

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Evacuate
Purchase nonperishable food, stock up on supplies
Tie down loose items.
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Precipitation/rain
Syracuse did not experience a cold front yet. Its
in a warm air mass.
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Its near a high pressure system.
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Precipitation/rain
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• 73. Draw a station model with the info below.
• Cloudy,
• 52F
• 48F DP,
• pressure is 1010.2 mb
• wind speed 15 mph, from NE.

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• 74. What is the pressure of this station in
  millibars?
• 1010.2 mb

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• a. What is the temperature?
• 88F
• b. What is the dewpoint?
• 86F
• c. What is the pressure in millibars?
• 1086.2 mb
• d. How much precipitation fell in the past 6
  hours?
• 0.35 in

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a. Is this a low or high pressure system? b.
Describe the weather at A, B and C.
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a. low b. A cloudy,rain, B partly cloudy,
rainy, C partly cloudy, drizzle
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A. What is the wind speed and direction?
C. What is the air pressure?
B. What is this feature?
B. Cold front
C. 1008
A. Northeast
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It is colder and drier because it formed over
land and came from the north, while zone B formed
over the water closer to the equator.
Northeast
Precipitation/rain
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81. Are these high pressure or low pressure
systems? How can you tell?
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B
A. High pressure increases as you move into the
center
B C. Low pressure decreases as you move into
the center
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A. Tug Hill Plateau
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B. 38 inches
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April
October
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thermometer
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• 88. A weather station model is shown below.
• What is the barometric pressure indicated by this
  station model?
• 0.029 mb (3) 1002.9 mb
• (2) 902.9 mb (4) 1029.0 mb

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• 89. Which station model shows the correct form
  for indicating a northwest wind at 25 knots and
  an air pressure of 1023.7 mb?

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90. a. What is the temperature of each
station? b. What is the dew point of
each station? c. What is the wind
direction of the stations? d. Which
station model has higher pressure?
a. 52F b. 50F c. SE d. Does have higher pressure
a. 40F b. 31F c. SE d. Does not have higher
pressure