WX Block 7 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. wouldn’t you like to know __________?
- 3. Rotation that is maintained by a balance in pressure gradient force and centrifugal force.
- 4. Environmental lapse rate equals the other lapse rates.
- 6. Warm, dry wind observed on the E side of the Rocky Mountains.
- 7. 12 to 1,240 miles
- 8. Observed in Central California. The pressure gradient orients SE to NW & extends offshore near San Francisco.
- 10. Large amounts of rain over a specified period of time.
- 11. 3ºC/1,000ft
- 13. 112324
- 14. Created by TS downdrafts.
- 17. Temps warm w/height while dew point dries/cools w/height.
- 23. Environmental lapse rate falls between the moist & dry lapse rates.
- 25. MCC & MCS
- 29. Cold, dry winds which form near snow or ice covered mountains.
- 31. SFC based _________. Temps warm w/height. Max intensity near the sunrise.
- 33. Environmental lapse rate is less than the moist lapse rate.
Down
- 2. Develops in the desert SW in a conditionally unstable atmosphere. mP overruns cT.
- 5. 1ºC/1,000ft
- 9. A ______ is in a state of adjustment between opposing forces by divergent or convergent atmospheric influences.
- 12. Reflects at 2 or less constant pressure lvls, can be found inside or outside of the jet core.
- 15. does NOT include any TS activity
- 16. extends up to 2 1/2 miles from the storm center
- 18. 1 rotating updraft core w/2 downdrafts
- 19. Cold air over Warm air
- 20. A ___ line. This pattern develops along the western edge of the Central Plains. mP overruns mT.
- 21. short-lived phenomena 30-60 min
- 22. Assumes that Mass->System = System->Mass
- 24. DIV or diffluence occurs near the SFC or tropopause.
- 26. ____ must be unfrozen, Air temps below freezing, CAA over the ____.
- 27. up to 134 knots winds and 30 min duration
- 28. Cold, dry winds observed on the leeward side of mountains.
- 30. will last the duration of the storm
- 32. Forms/intensified due to SFC CAA @E side of H & W side of L