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- 2. When there is _____ on the west side of a Low pressure than cyclolysis will occur.
- 6. The western Caribbean Sea and Bay of Campeche (GOM) is a source region for what weather feature?
- 7. May extend up to 500MB, and has an optimum stacking of 1-3 degrees.
- 10. When you move a feature a portion of time with any combination of methods.
- 11. If the _______ is great than the thermal gradient, forecast an Unstable Wave to parallel the the warm sector isobars.
- 13. You must complete the ______ phase ebfore starting the forecast phase.
- 14. For a meridional long-wave-pattern, expect to see _________ between 60-100 degrees.
- 17. To produce a Baroclinic High, you will need a ___ airmass North of 50N lat assocaited with a Long-wave ridge.
- 20. During which step would you look at weather educational websites?
- 22. For a cold front to move at a speed of 25Kts on average, the contours need to be ______.
- 23. A weakening wave-induced ridge will recede _____.
- 24. Occurs when cold air moves along mountaintops and sinks into valleys, and a radiation inversion traps the cold air on the SFC.
- 25. A jet finger rarely changes orientation and ____ the closest contours.
- 27. What will happen to the size of a shared energy area if convergence aloft via a MSWR is located 5-7 degrees upstream?
- 30. A long wave trough is a cold core feature and will seek ____ temperatures to reposition towards favorable diabatics.
- 31. Step 1 of the forecast phase, statements based on atmospheric physics and dynamics.
- 35. This weather feature remains on the +N side of the Arctic jet and migrates to the eastern hemisphere in the summer.
- 36. What is similar about all of these features: Cold Front, Warm Front, Long Waves, and Major/Minor short waves?
- 37. This type of blocking pattern occurs when there are two jet cores present, with cyclonic flow in southern CONUS>
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- 1. This type of weather event occurs when insolation heats the atmosphere, temps vary between ocean and land, and the predominate wind direction is onshore flow.
- 3. What will convergence aloft and upstream due to a High?
- 4. Cut-off highs that are poleward of a medium amplitude ridge, and may develop deep lows and cold pockets near the base of the ______ pattern.
- 5. The feature migrates between Maine and Greenland in the Winter.
- 8. Last stage of frontal system development.
- 9. The ____ process consists of Analysis, Forecast, and Metwatch phases.
- 12. During the Summer, if you have one period of continuity you will use what forecast method?
- 13. Diffluence aloft will do what to the SFC?
- 15. Weather features that extend continental to global scale.
- 16. Consistent results derived from observations.
- 18. If a SF occlusion deepens the wave-induced trough will ____.
- 19. When forecasting, if you increase the intensity of a feature, you should ___ the speed EXCEPT for baroclinic Highs.
- 21. On the synoptic scale a ______ feature exists for 2-11 days.
- 22. Shallow cold core lows remain on the +N side of the ____: Examples include Anchor Lows and Distal Lows.
- 26. Zonal becoming _______ is when ridges build and troughs deepen.
- 28. Typically disappear at night.
- 29. This occurs when the optimum stacking is 4-7 degrees and when the SFC feature stacks back to warm air aloft.
- 32. One limitation of Simple Extrapolation includes not taking ____ changes into account.
- 33. Cold core system that is located on the -N side of the Arctic jet.
- 34. A thermal Low and a Heat Low are other names for a ______.