Chapter 9 Weather Patterns

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Chapter 9 Weather Patterns
The Atmosphere 10eLutgens TarbuckPower Point
by Michael C. LoPresto
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1993-The Storm of the Century
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Idealized Middle-latitude Cyclone
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Fronts
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Warm Fronts
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Warm Front Precipitation
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Cold Front
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Thunderstorm Development along a Cold Front
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Occluded Front
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Warm and Cold -type Occlusions
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Stages in the Life Cycle of a Middle -latitude Cyc
lone
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Weather Map Showing Middle-latitude Cyclone
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Cloud Patterns Associated with a Middle-latitude C
yclone
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Along Line North of Low-Pressure Center
Line through Warm-Sector
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Relationship of Flow Pattern Aloft to Surface
Cyclones and Anticyclones
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Convergence and Divergence Aloft Support Surface
Anticyclonic and Cyclonic Circulation
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Major Sites of Cyclone Formation
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Typical Paths of Cyclonic Storms
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Steering of Mid-latitude Cyclone
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Cold Anticyclone?Outbreak of Frigid Arctic Air
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Cold Outbreak of Arctic Air
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Atmospheric Hazard
Great Flood of 1993
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Violent Spring Weather
March 23
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Violent Spring Weather
March 24
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Violent Spring Weather
March 25
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Paralyzing Blizzard Strikes the North-Central
United States
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Mature Mid-latitude Cyclone
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Chapter 9

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