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21. Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ Flashcards

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Thermal energy is redistributed on the surface of the earth by which 2 methods

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  1. ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
  2. OCEAN CIRCULATION

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What is the name of the 3 cells that form the wind belts in each hemisphere of the Earth;

[ ] Hadley
[ ] Ferrel
[ ] Polar
[ ] Tropical
[ ] Antarctic

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[X] Hadley
[X] Ferral
[X] Polar
[ ] Tropical
[ ] Antarctic

CELLS

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The majorit of the atmospheric motion of wind occurs within which cell?

[ ] Hadley
[ ] Ferrel
[ ] Polar

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[X] Hadley
[ ] Ferrel
[ ] Pola

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Given that the vast bulk of atmospheric motion occurs in the Hadley Cell;

  1. A band of POLAR or TROPICAL convection and rain can be expected at the equator
  2. Winds converge to the equatorial trough from the NORTH EAST AND SOUTH EAST or NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST
  3. The trade winds, associated to a band of high pressure, sits at around lattitude 30° or 60°
  4. The trade winds will typically bring DRIZZLY AND WET or FINE AND DRY weather
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  1. TROPICAL
  2. NORTH EAST and SOUTH EAST
  3. 30°
  4. FINE and DRY

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  1. From which direction would you expect winds to blow on the polar side of the high pressure systems associated with the cells
  2. These winds would bring with them a band of travelling LOWS or HIGHS
  3. Closer to the poles, you would expect SNOW or RAIN from the arctic front
  4. The polar front would bring GOOD or BAD weather
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  1. WESTERLY
  2. BAND OF LOWS
  3. SNOW
  4. GOOD

CELL WEATHER

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Refer to the following diagram. This represents which time of year, JANUARY or JULY

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JANUARY

  • The ITCZ is favouring the south
  • It is the Southern Hemispheres Summer
  • This leaves the Northern Hemisphere colder, making the air more dense
  • Denser air is heavier, so higher pressure over cold land surface in NH
  • Lower pressure over large land surfaces in the SH

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Refer to the following diagram. This represents which time of year, JANUARY or JULY

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JULY

  • The ITCZ is favouring the Northern Hemisphere
  • It is the NH summer, and SH winter
  • The large land masses in the NH will warm the air, making it less dense so forming low pressure

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In January, betwen what latitudes woudl you expect to be associated with travelling lows; ____° to ____°

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40° to 60°

JANUARY SURFACE PRESSURE

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What is the high pressure system known as that dominates the North Atlantic in the summer

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AZORES HIGH

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What is the high pressure system known as that dominantes the land mass over Russia in the winter

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SIBERIAN HIGH

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A weak low pressure can be associated with Canada in JANUARY or JULY

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JULY

  • NH summer, land is heating air mass

JULY SURFACE PRESSURE

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  1. The “horse latitudes” are associated with HIGH or LOW pressure
  2. Winds are known to be STRONG or SLACK
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  1. HIGH
  2. SLACK

  • The term was derived from sailors who would resort to eating their cargo (horses) due to getting stuck in areas of low winds

HORSE LATITUDES

WINDS

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The Westerlies winds are associated with latitudes between ____° and ____°

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30° to 50°

  • On the polar side of highs, winds diverge and turn out towards the polar fronts
  • They join travelling lows to become a band of moderate strong westerlies

WINDS

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The trade winds are associated with latitudes bewteen ____° and ____°

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30°N and 30°S

WINDS

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The sort of weather associated with the trade winds;

  1. The clouds will be SMALL CU or LARGE CU or SPRAWLING STRATUS
  2. Cloud tops will limit around 5,000 or 8,000 or 10,000 feet
  3. Winds will be approximately 15 or 20 or 35 kts
  4. Up to 500 hPa (18,000 ft), the air will be MOIST or DRY
  5. Over 500 hPa (18,000 ft), the air will be MOIST or DRY
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  1. SMALL CU
  2. 8,000 ft
  3. 15 KTS
  4. MOIST
  5. DRY

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Approximately what month of the year will the ITCZ begin to retreat southwards

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AUGUST

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Around August time, the ITCZ starts to retreat southwards following the sun as the seaon changes. The airflow over West Africa;

  1. Will be DRY or WET
  2. Will bring HAIL or DUST
  3. Will blow from the NE or NW
  4. What is the name of the wind associated with this wind over West Afirca
  5. Visibility will be GOOD or BAD
  6. Moisture picked up in the jungle and blown off short between Gambia and Sierra Leone will create RADIATION or SEA fog
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  1. DRY
  2. DUST
  3. NE
  4. HARMATTAN
  5. BAD
  6. SEA

  • The airflow will be dry, dust, NE wind from Sahara called the Harmattan
  • This brings dry weather but with poor visibility to main inland areas
  • Moisture picked up in the jungle is transported and forms sea fog as it runs offshore over the cold canaries current

HARMATTAN WIND

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The Doldrums will only exist when the ITCZ is near what geographic location

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In January, as a result of converging winds having to corss the equator to reach the ITCZ, this will;

  1. Have what effect on the wind direction in context of Coriolis forces
  2. Will create over South America and South Africa what sort of weather
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  1. CORIOLIS FORCES REVERSE
  2. THUNDERSTORMS

  • Where the converging winds have to corss the equator to reach the ITCZ, as in South Americah and South Africa, they will turn as the coriolis forces reverse
  • This long track and heating from below will produce a lot of convective activity, CB, thunderstorms and rain

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

In the Far East, as the ITCZ retreats southernly following the sun in the later months;

  1. The Subtropical highs are replaced with the SIBERIAN HIGH or AZORES HIGH
  2. As the subtropical highs are replaced, the wind starts as WARM, WET, AND UNSTABLE or COLD, DRY, AND STABLE
  3. By the time the winds reach the seas south of Hong Kong, around 20° latitude, they change to be STABLE or UNSTABLE
  4. This will result in what weather phenomonen
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  1. SIBERIAN HIGH
  2. COLD, DRY, AND STABLE
  3. UNSTABLE
  4. NORTHEAST MONSOON

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

As the ITCZ retreats southernly following the sun in the later months, on the polar side of the sea-based sub-tropical highs;

  1. The winds will be WARM, DAMP, AND STABLE or COLD, DRY, AND UNSTABLE
  2. This will bring FINE WARM WEATHER or STORMY WINDY WEATHER to the Cape of Good Hope off of Australia in the SH, and to the Azores, Portugal and California in the NH
  3. In January, the Westerlies in the polar front regions of the NH are associated between ____ and ____ in the North Atlantic
  4. In January, the Westerlies in the polar front regions of the NH are associated between ____ and ____ in the North Pacific
  5. In January, the Westerlies are blown around the globe at around ____° to ____° known as the “Roaring Forties”
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  1. WARM, DAMP and STABLE
  2. FINE WARM WEATHER
  3. FLORIDA and UK
  4. JAPAN and VANCOUVER
  5. 40° to 45°

  • On the polar sides of the sea-based sub-tropical highs the winds will be warm, damp and stable - Tropical Maritime - and this will bring fine warm weather to southern Australia, the Cape of Good Hope in the Southern Hemisphere, and to the Azores, Portugal and California in the northern.
  • The westerlies in the polar front regions can be seen, crossing the North Atlantic from Florida to the UK and the North Pacific from Japan to Vancouver, while in the Southern Hemisphere they blow as the Roaring Forties straight around the globe at 40°S to 45°S.
  • Higher wind speeds will develope in the large tracts of open ocean in the souther hemisphere below 40°S

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In January, the strong wind conditions prevalent close to the South Pole;

  1. At 50° are known as what
  2. At 60° are known as what
  3. Between the latitues of the “roaring forties” (40°) and 60°, in the Southern Hemisphere summer, the winds will blow towards the SOUTH POLE or EQUATOR
  4. Between the latitues of the “roaring forties” (40°) and 60°, in the Southern Hemisphere winter, the winds will blow towards the SOUTH POLE or EQUATOR
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  1. FURIOUS FIFTIES
  2. SCREAMING SIXTIES (Shrieking)
  3. SOUTH POLE
  4. EQUATOR

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

What is the list of winds that must be learnt for the EASA LOs

[ ] Fohn
[ ] Chinook
[ ] Harmattan
[ ] Secilo
[ ] Pampero
[ ] Mistral
[ ] Bora
[ ] Romatic
[ ] Sirocco
[ ] Ghibli
[ ] Khamsin
[ ] Transient

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[X] Fohn
[X] Chinook
[X] Harmattan
[ ] Secilo
[X] Pampero
[X] Mistral
[X] Bora
[ ] Romatic
[X] Sirocco
[X] Ghibli
[X] Khamsin
[ ] Transient

  • Fohn Wind - Dry, warm, down slope wind on leeward side of mountains
  • Chinook Wind - Warm, dry wind that blows down the Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains (Fohn Wind)
  • Harmattan Wind - dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind that blows from the Sahara Desert over West Africa into the Gulf of Guinea, typically between November and March.
  • Pampero Wind - Cold and violent wind that blows southwest onto the pampas plains in Argentina associated with a cold front
  • Mistral Wind - Strong, cold, dry wind in France, blowing North/North West down the Rhone Valley to the Mediterranean sea. Common in Winter or Spring
  • Bora Wind - Strong, violent, dry wind blowing from NE down mountains along Eastern coast of the Adriatic sea. Affects Crotia, Slovenia, Italy, Greece
  • Sirocco Wind - Dry, dust laden wind blowing from Sahara Desert Norhwards across the Mediterranean into southern Europe.
  • Ghibli Wind - Dry, dust laden wind that blows from the Sahara Desert, specifically in Libya, typically occuring in the spring and early summer
  • Khamsin Wind - Dry, dust filled wind that blows from Sahara Desert across Egypt, typically occuring in spring

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

“a type of warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, resulting in a rapid increase in temperature. It’s a specific type of föhn wind.”

This is the definition of which wind

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CHINOOK

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

“a dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind that blows from the Sahara Desert over West Africa into the Gulf of Guinea, typically between November and March.”

This is the definition of which wind

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HARMATTAN

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“a cold and occasionally violent wind that blows in from the southwest onto the pampas plains in Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, often following a cold front.”

This is the definition of which wind

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PAMPERO

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“a strong, cold, and usually dry regional wind in France, blowing from the north or northwest down the Rhone Valley to the Mediterranean Sea. It’s most common in the winter and spring.”

This is the definition of which wind

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MISTRAL

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“a cold, strong, often violent, and dry wind blowing from the northeast down the mountains along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, primarily affecting Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, and Greece.”

This is the definition of which wind

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BORA

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“a hot, dry, dust-laden wind blowing from the Sahara Desert northwards across the Mediterranean into southern Europe, predominantly affecting areas such as Italy, Malta, and Greece.”

This is the definition of which wind

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SIROCCO

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“a hot, dry, dust-laden wind that blows from the Sahara Desert, specifically in Libya, typically occurring in the spring and early summer.”

This is the definition of which wind

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GHIBLI

  • REMEMBER Libian Gerbals in summer
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“a hot, dry, dust-filled wind that blows from the Sahara Desert across Egypt, typically occurring in the spring.”

This is the definition of which wind

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KHAMSIN

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“a warm, dry, down-slope wind that occurs on the leeward side of a mountain range, often causing a rapid rise in temperature.”

This is the definition of which wind

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FOHN

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In July, in the far east, the ITCZ will have been carried north over the Tibetan Plateau. Winds converging from the South with be coming from the South Indian Ocean.

  1. This will bring what weather phenomonen to the area
  2. Converging north winds will DRY or WET
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  1. SOUTH WEST MONSOON
  2. DRY

SOUTH WEST MONSOON

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Wind directions associated with the polar front are EASTERLY or WESTERLY

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WESTERLY

  • 2 bands of disturbed temperatre weather in eachhemisphere are defined by the positions of the polar fronts
  • Unstable boundaries between polar and sub-tropical air
  • Winds are westerly moving along the fronts
  • Arctic fronts form mainly in winter at the boundary of the arctic and polar air masses

EARTH WINDS AND CELLS

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The mean position of the polar front;

  1. In Winter in the NH will be from FLORIDA TO BRITTANY or NEWFOUNDLAND TO NORTH SCOTLAND
  2. In summer in the NH will be from FLORIDA TO BRITTANY or NEWFOUNDLAND TO NORTH SCOTLAND
  3. In winter and summer in the NH, the main point of entry inland on the western coast of North American is Vancouver, at around ____° latitude
  4. Where does the polar front remain continuous and stable, hardly moving in winter or summer
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  1. FLORIDA to BRITTANY
  2. NEWFOUNDLAND to NORTH SCOTLAND
  3. 40°
  4. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

POLAR FRONT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

POLAR FRONT SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

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In the southern hemisphere;

  1. A cold air outbreak over South Africa is called SOUTHERLY BUSTERS or SOUTH WESTERLIES or PAMPEROS
  2. A cold air outbreak over Australia is called SOUTHERLY BUSTERS or SOUTH WESTERLIES or PAMPEROS
  3. A cold air outbreak over South American is called SOUTHERLY BUSTERS or SOUTH WESTERLIES or PAMPEROS
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  1. SOUTH WESTERLIES
  2. SOUTHERLY BUSTERS
  3. PAMPEROS
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Wind converging at the ITCZ near the thermal equator will be LOW LEVEL TROUGHS or HIGH LEVEL RIDGES

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LOW LEVEL TROUGHS

  • Land is hottest over equator, so air rises, columns are tall
  • This is an area of low pressure
  • High pressure winds will be converging at the ITCZ at low level and then rising up at the equator to aloft

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

The degree of stability and activity within the ITCZ depends on if the coverging winds have taken a sea or land track.

  1. Converging air starts off as STABLE HIGH or UNSTABLE LOW pressure winds
  2. A sea track means STABLE or UNSTABLE air
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  1. STABLE HIGH
  2. UNSTABLE

  • The coverging air starts off from stable high pressure regions and is dry if the source is overland and moist if over sea.
  • Even if the air starts dry, it quickly picks up moisture on any sea track and becomes moist and unstable

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Where air masses are converging at the ITCZ, there will be lifting.

  1. The weather associated with the ITCZ is typically CB AND THUNDERSTORMS or DUSTY AND WINDY or STRATUS AND DRIZZLY
  2. The worst weather around the ITCZ is exemplified in West Africa and the Western coast of India in JANUARY or JULY
  3. The typical values encountered for the equatorial tropical rain area at the surface is 28℃ or 32℃ or 35℃
  4. The typical values encountered in the atmosphere at the equatorial tropical rain area is ____% humidity
  5. The freezing level at the equatorial tropcical rain area is FL05 or FL150 or FL230
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  1. CB AND THUNDERSTORMS
  2. JULY
  3. 28℃
  4. 80%
  5. FL150

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“a thunderstorm region which may be round or linear in shape, in the order of 100 km (62 mi) or more across in one direction but smaller than extratropical cyclones and include systems such as tropical cyclones, squall lines, and Mesoscale Convective Complexes (MCC)”

This is the definition of what sort of system

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MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM

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A Mesoscale Convective Complex (MCC) is a unique kind of mesoscale convective system.

  1. The area of cold cloud tops exceeds ____ square kilometers (____ sq mi) WITH;
  2. Temperatures less than or equal to ____℃
    3.The area of cloud tops is around ____ square kilometers (____ sq mi) WITH;
  3. Temperatures less than or equal to ____℃
  4. The are SHORT or LONG lived
  5. Tend to form during NIGHT or DAY
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  1. 100,000 sq km (39,000 sq mi)
  2. -32℃
  3. 50,000 sq km (19,000 sq mi)
  4. -52℃
  5. LONG LIVED
  6. NIGHT

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“defined as a synoptic scale area of deep convection and associated cirrus outflow, playing a critical role in the energy balance of the tropics, releasing large amounts of latent heat high in the troposphere”

This is the definition of what sort of cloud formation

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TROPICAL CLOUD CLUSTER
(TCC)

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“A common phenomenon in the rain areas of the tropics. These systems form over the land areas and continue over the ocean for several days. Their scale of 20-200 km is a common scale of organisation of convection within what are called Meso Convective Systems (MCS). Normally carrying long anvil clouds that can extend for several 100 km and carry both stratiform and convective rains”

This is the definition of what cloud formation

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TROPICAL SQUALL LINES

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  1. Tropical squall lines will propagate EASTWARD or WESTWARD
  2. Mid-latitude squall lines will propagate EASTWARD or WESTWARD
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  1. WESTWARD
  2. EASTWARD

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During winter seasons, disturbances of mid-latitude origin may penetrate deep into the tropics, which can lead to an abrupt cold air outbreak. 2 well known polar air outbreaks are;

[ ] Chinook
[ ] Bora
[ ] Blizzards
[ ] Pampero
[ ] Mistral
[ ] Monsoon

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[ ] Chinook
[ ] Bora
[X] Blizzards
[X] Pampero
[ ] Mistral
[ ] Monsoon

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Blizzards develop in the USA when warm, moist air from ____ meets with very cold air mass from ____

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  1. GULF OF MEXICO
  2. CANADA

  • Powerful low pressure areas form and very cold air pushes from the back of the depression southwards
  • The bigger the temperature difference, the more powerful the developing snow storm
  • Within 24 hours, 50 to 100 cm of new snow can fall
  • If strong enough winds, snow banks several meters high can form

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  1. The Pampero in Argentina will form in the months from ____ to ____
  2. Colliding air masses of moist warm ____ air and cold ____ air form a low pressure area
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  1. JUNE to OCTOBER
  2. SUB-TROPICAL and ANTARCTIC AIR

  • Similar to blizards in the northern hemisphere, in the southern hemisphere in the SH winter
  • The subtropical warm air collides with the very cold air from Antarctic
  • The rear side of the depression is very cold iar from the south, pushing into the Argentine Pampas

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  1. The ITCZ is between ____ and ____ NM wide
  2. The worst weather is on the LEADING or TRAILING edge
  3. French charts show the ITCZ as the ____
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  1. 30 and 300 NM
  2. TRAILING EDGE
  3. FRTON INTER-TROPICALE (FIT)

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In central Africa, the ITCZ passes twice over the geographic equator at the time of the spring and autumn equinoxes;

  1. This brings 2 phases of rain called the equatorial ____
  2. Between these 2 periods, approximately ____% of the rain will fall
  3. The double rains are particularly noticeable on the EAST or WEST of Africa
  4. This is due to moist converging winds from the ____ ocean
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  1. DOUBLE RAIN
  2. 75%
  3. EAST (happens on the west also)
  4. INDIAN OCEAN

  • The double rains occur on the east and west, but are most noticable on the east
  • This is due to converging moist winds from the Indian Ocean, which are long and heavy
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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

  1. The “double rains” in April on the Eastern side of Africa are know as the LONG or SHORT rains
  2. The “double rains” in October on the Eastern side of Africa are know as the LONG or SHORT rains
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  1. LONG RAINS
  2. SHORT RAINS

  • April rains are called the long rains
  • In october, the south going rains have a drier feed from the horn of Africa and Arabia
  • In April, the feed is from the moist are converging from the Indian Ocean

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Between which 2 latitudes are you most likely to find the subtropical high pressure belt

[ ] 0° - 15°
[ ] 25° - 35°
[ ] 40° - 55°
[ ] 60° - 65°

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[ ] 0° - 15°
[X] 25° - 35°
[ ] 40° - 55°
[ ] 60° - 65°

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Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

Along the west coast of India, the prevailing winds are;

[ ] SE monsoon in July and NE monsoon in January
[ ] SW monsoon in July and NE monsoon in January
[ ] SE monsoon in July and SW monsoon in January
[ ] NE monsoon in July and SW monsoon in January

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[ ] SE monsoon in July and NE monsoon in January
[X] SW monsoon in July and NE monsoon in January
[ ] SE monsoon in July and SW monsoon in January
[ ] NE monsoon in July and SW monsoon in January

  • REMEMBER
  • Start in the North East at the start of the year
  • Switch to the opposite direction by mid year
  • North to South, and East to West
52
Q

Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

The disturbed temperate climate is between the latitudes of North;

[ ] 0° - 15°
[ ] 20° - 35°
[ ] 40° - 65°
[ ] 65° - 85°

A

[ ] 0° - 15°
[ ] 20° - 35°
[X] 40° - 65°
[ ] 65° - 85°

53
Q

Global Weather -Low Level Winds, Fronts and the ITCZ

When are the rain seasons in equatorial Africa;

[ ] December to February and July to October
[ ] March to May and October to November
[ ] March to May and August to October
[ ] April to July and December to February

A

[ ] December to February and July to October
[X] March to May and October to November
[ ] March to May and August to October
[ ] April to July and December to February

  • the months to remember are April and October
  • In this case above there are 2 answers that fit, so its a bit of a mean and unfair question
  • Applied logic that August to October is to long, plus August would still be mid summer

ATPL - BGS [Mod 1] Meteorology (27 decks)

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