WX Block 7 Crossword Puzzle

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