Test 3 Flashcards by Jeramy Rychlik

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Cyclonic

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Converge at bottom

Diverge at top

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Anticyclonic

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Converge at top and diverge at bottom

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Never cross the t

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From left to right

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If you must cross the t, do it

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From right to left and greater than 300nm

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Right semi circle

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Dangerous

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Left semi circle

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Navigable

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Downward motion of air is known as

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Subsidence

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Increased air temperature with height

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Inversión

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Type of cold anticyclone

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Transitory cold anticyclone

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Types of warm anticyclone

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Permanent and temporary

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Beaufort force <7

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Tropical depression

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Beaufort force 8-9

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Moderate tropical depression

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Force 10-11

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Severe tropical storm

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Force 12

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Hurricane

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Tropical storm normally don’t form around 5* of equator due to

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Coriolis is too small

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After forming, head

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Westerly and often recurve

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Eye

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Vortex

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Speed can increase to

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10-12 knots

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Eye tropical storm approximately

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40 miles

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Pressure about

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960

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Winds are strongest on side of storm that is

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Nearest the adjacent subtropical high

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TRS cloud sequence

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Cirrus
Altostratus
Cumulus fractus
Scud and nimbostratus

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TRS you will notice LT rain about

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100-150 miles from eye

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Swell can be noticed up to

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1000 miles

Swell can increase tide level

18 feet

Storm tide can start to rise

1-2 days before landfall

Swell makes landfall

300-500 miles from center

Size of tropical cyclones

50-1000 miles but normally 50-500

Average rate of progress is about

300 miles per day

Worst month for Hurricane

September averages 2 over a polled 80 year period

Western North Pacific and China sea

Typhoon

Eastern North Pacific

Hurricane

South Indian Ocean

Cyclone