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Give climate details and locatiom,
mP, mT, cP, cA, mT, and cT, temp and humidity |
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mP: Cool, Humid
cA: Very cold Very dry
cP: Cold dry
mT: Warm, humid
cT: HOt, dry |
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| Large body of air with uniform Temp and humidity |
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| Area where an air mass originates Atmospherically quite |
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| Air mass is warmer tahn the surface at which it moves: What letter and what does it equal? |
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| w and stability, decreases the env. lapse rate |
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| Air mass is colder than the surface at which it moves add a |
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| K and equals instability, increases the env. Lapse rate |
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| Characteristics of source regions |
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| High and Low latitude, physically uniform and generally high pressure |
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| cP moves down in the summer: what do you add? |
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| add a k, = cPk, instability |
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| mT moves up in the winter it will be warmer in the land add a....? |
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| w, mTw, stability, creates fog sheet like clouds |
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| Characteristics of Mid Latitude Cyclones |
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| Large Low pressure system, Travels West to East, form at polar front, warm front and cold front |
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| In the cumuls stage of an air mass thunderstorm what dominates? |
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| In the dissipating stage of an air mass thunderstorm what dominates |
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| In the western Pacific hurricanes are called? |
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| The main difference between an air mass and a severe thunderstorm is that |
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| in an air mass thunderstorm the precipitation falls in the updrafts where as in a severe thunderstorm the updrafts are tilted so the precipitation fassl in the downdrafts |
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| Norwegian models of mid latitude cyclone development the open stage is: |
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| formation of Warm and cold front |
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| a boundary between air masses with different humidity |
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What is not a common air mass?
cA, mA, mT, cP |
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| warm air moves into cold air |
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| two different air masses move parallel to th front in opposite directions |
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| a cold type occluded front occurs when |
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| Air begind the cold front is colder than air it is overtaking |
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| high pressure blocks the movement of low pressure systems cause a lot of floods |
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| conditions of thunderstorms |
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| lift of the air, condition is unstable, moist air creates condensation |
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| Stages of an air mass Thunderstorm: CUmulus stage |
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| Air is lifted until it reaches condensation level |
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| Stages of an air mass Thunderstorm: Mature Stage |
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| Stages of an air mass Thunderstorm: Dissipating Stage |
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| severe thunderstorm formation of gust front, spins in a horizontal |
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| Really intense down drafts, straight winds |
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- Thick clouds cumulonimbus becomes negative on the bottom
- Ground becomes positive
- The ground starts moving
- Dart leader, where the ground and cloud charges meet |
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| The path has been established and is faster |
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| The charge moves downward and upward |
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| Form tornados most of the time, moist, unstable air, mesocyclone tilted by the up draft and anvil top |
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| rotation winds and wind sheer |
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| Tornado conditions needed |
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| Funnel cloud touches the ground need the supercell thunderstorm, wind sheer in elevation, the change in direction inside the supercell |
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| Spring: mT going up the mP going down, contrasting air masses |
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| Hurricanes in the indian ocean |
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| Hurricane in the atlantic ocean |
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| Size of tornados, cyclones, and hurricane |
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| Tornado (smallest), multitude cyclones(Biggest 1000 miles), and hurricane(2nd 500 miles) |
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| Hurricanes form between _* and _* |
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Wave Forms in trade winds (easterly wave) -> Areas of convergence and divergence
Air rises in areas of convergence -> Condensation releases latent heat
Heat causes more warming and pressure drop -> More moist air that is brought into the storm -> More condensation |
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| Tropical disturbance: Mass of thunderstorms, no rotational air movementTropical depression: Closed isobars appears, winds are relatively slow (<61 km/hr)Tropical Storm: Wind 61 -119 km/hrHurricane: Faster than 119km/hr |
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| the air is heated by the lightening and then expands: Sound that is made when the air expands |
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