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In the Summer, in the northern hemisphere, pressure is _______ over ocean Areas.

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Higher

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In the Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, pressure is ______ over land.

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Lower

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In the Winter, in the northern hemisphere, pressure is _______ over land.

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Higher

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In the winter, in the northern hemisphere, Pressure is ___ over ocean areas.

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Lower

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Jet Streams

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Strong Mainly upper level tropospheric steering winds

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River of wind

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Stronger in the middle; couple hundred miles wide and only a few thousand feet thick

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Polar Jet stream

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Steers cold air away from poles

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Polar Jet Strams are most active in the _____ and absent in the ____.

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Winter; Summer

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Polar Jet streams are best found at _______.

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300 mb height / 30,000ASL

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Subtropical Jet Streams are best found at _______.

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200 mb height / 38,500 ASL

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Subtropical Jet Strams

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get heat out of subtropical regions and shifts it towards polar regions

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Low Level jet streams

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can break up low level clouds

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Low Level jet streams are best found at

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850-700 mb height/ 4,000-9,800 ASL

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Upwelling

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When parallel winds blow surface water off of coast causing colder, nutrient water to come up and replace original surface water

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La Nina

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Colder than average equatorial pacific ocean water temperature

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El Nino

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Warmer than average equatorial pacific ocean water temperature

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Sea Breeze (daytime)

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Upper convection over land

Cloud développement over land

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Land Breeze ( Night time)

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warmer air over water/cooler over land

clouds over water

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Mountain/valley breeze are important when…

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fighting fires.

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Valley Breeze (daytime)

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clouds over peaks/sinks in middle

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Mountain Breeze (night time)

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clouds over valley/ clear over peaks

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Monsoon

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a seasonal wind shift in India/southeastern Asia

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thermal lows

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a low pressure circulation created by changes in air temperature (strong destine) heating over the southwestern USA during the summer months

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Katabatic Winds

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Cold, downslope winds

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Chinook Winds
warm, downslope winds
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Katabatic winds are found in ...
GReenland, antartica
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Chinook Winds are found in ...
Eastern Slopes Rockies in USA /Canada
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Santa ana Winds
warm, dry downslope winds in California
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Santan Ana winds are most common in _____ months
fall
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Eddy
localized gusts of wind | EX: wind blowing around the UT tower
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Winds Sheer
A rapid change in wind speed and/or direction in a short period of time (EX: thunderstorm)
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Haboob
sandstorm in North Africa/ Inda
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Air mass
a mass of air characterized by homogeneous physical properties (temperature, humidity, moisture)
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a or cA / continental Arctic
comes from Antarctica
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cP / continental Polar
comes from Canada -Most predominant in fall because the lakes freeze int he winter
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mP / Maritime Polar
Originates over water -Fog, chilly, wet
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mT / Maritime Tropical
warm and humid air mass - present most of the year
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Front
a boundary between two air masses
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frontolysis
how front dies
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Frontegenesis
how a front develops
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overrunning
a less dense air mass overruns a more dense one
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When does overrunning happen
when air close to the ground is dense and cold
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to be called a front, you need a forward motion of
4-5 mph
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cold fronts
when cold air actively advances into a region formerly occupied by warmer air
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Blue arrows on a cold front always point...
in the direction they're going
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cold fronts produce _____ weather
more sever
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Warm Front
when the surface position of a front moves such that warmer air occupies territory formerly occupied by colder air
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warm front slope
1:150
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cold front slope
1:50
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stationary front
little forward movement oh wither air mass
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stationary fronts have been correlated to ....
flash floods
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Occuleded Front
when a cold front overruns a warm front in the vicinity of a surface low
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the dry line
a boundary between CT (hot dry air and mT (warm moist air) air mass
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Whether forecasting is ....
predicting how the state of the atmosphere will change with time
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Geostationary satellite imagery
1) visible imagery - not available in nighttime hours 2) infrared imagery - able to decipher cloud top temperatures 3) water vapor imagery - shows atmospheric pressure
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Radars show_____
Precipitation | - the larger/ heavier the rain, the redder it gets
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Radar reflectivity
how much energy you send out and how much you get returned
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Radial Velocity
motion toward/ away form you
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Surface weather observations are taken...
at thousands of locations around the world on an hourly basis
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observations can be
1) automated 2) automated with manual augmentation 3) manual
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Cooperative Climate Data
people keeping track of weather for the government
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the world meteorological organization
Responsible for the international exchange of weather data and certifies that the observation process does not vary between nations
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Who is the sole source of weather watches/advisories/ warnings
National Weather Service
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Weather watch
atmospheric a conditions are favorable for the type of weather specified
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Weather watches generally have a
Larger geographic area and a longer life span
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Weather advisory
the type of weather specified is immanent or is occurring and is a public inconvenience
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Weather advisories generally have a
mid sized geographic area and are in effect for 6-24 hours
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Weather warnings
the type of weather specified is imminent or is occurring and an immediate threat to life and/or property
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Weather warnings generally have a
smaller geographic area with a time span of 1/2 to 1 hour
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analogue method forecasting
comparing storm characteristics to one in past
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climatological forecasting
a general prediction based on what most days are like during the current climate
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short term forecasting (today, tonight) are _____% accurate
85-90%
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Medium term forecasting (2-3) days out are ____% accurate.
80-85%
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Longer range forecast (4-8 days out) are _______% accurate
close to 80%
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there are _____ thunderstorms in progress at any given moment worldwide
2,000
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thunderstorms are more common in
warmer, equatorial climates
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what produces a line of storms?
cold fronts
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Cumulous thunderstorms stage
1) updraft dominate 2) no rain/lightening 3) clouds getting darker and darker
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Mature thunderstorm Stage
1) lightning/thunder/heavy rain | 2) down drafts begin to dominate at some point
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Dissipation thunderstorm stage
storm begins to die
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sever thunderstorms produce hail that is ______ in diameter.
1" or larger
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Straight lined sever thunderstorm winds produce winds of
50 knots 58 mph
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how to crate a sever thunderstorm
increase winds aloft, get more tilt, separate updraft/downdrafts
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Squaline
line of thunderstorms that take on a linear appearance
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A bolt of lightning is about the diameter of a
Pencil
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lighting can strike up to ____ miles away from the parent thunderstorm
10-20
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thunderstorms are officially observed when thunder is first heard and end _____ minutes after last thunder is heard
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tornadoes
a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud and reaching the earths surface
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summer heat is the number one_____
killer in the US
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Ingredients for a tornados
1) mT air mass (warm moist air) 2) extremely unstable air mass 3) strong lifting mechanism
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EF Scale
enhanced Fujita Scale: Measures Tornados damages
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EF0 damage
Light damage (65-85mph)
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EF1 damage
moderate damage (86-110 mph)
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EF2 damage
considerable damage (111-135 mph)
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EF3 damage
sever damage (136-165mph)
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EF4 damage
Devastating damage (166-200mph)
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EF5 damage
Incredible damage (201-318mph)
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Ingredients for a tropical cyclone
1) form over the tropical oceans of the world 2) surface temperature of 81 degrees or higher 3) weak upper level winds with a anticyclone in upper levels above
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Less than _____ % of Meso cyclones will make a tornadoe
20%
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TRUE/FALSE: Spinning of air does NOT mean tornado
TRUE
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cloud to ground lightning makes up ____ % of lightning strikes
20%
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Heat Lightning
Lightning you can see in the distance
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Hail occurs because _________
updraft/downdraft of a storm
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large hail will often fall _____ of a tornado
Northeast
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Baseball sized hail falls at a terminal velocity of _______
85 mph
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Veering Wind
Winds which shift in a clockwise direction with time at a given location
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Backing Winds
Winds which shift in a counter-clockwise direction with time at a given location

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