Block 8A - Weather Tutors - Crossword Labs

1. This type of low is a remnant of a decaying wave.
7. When the isobaric pattern is less than the thermal gradient, forecast an unstable wave to move parallel the 850mb ______.
9. When a Sharp Amplitude Ridge grows it will ______.
10. Baroclinic Highs stack _____ to warm air aloft.
12. Forms due to cool air pooling on the lee-side of the mountains.
15. Step 2 of the forecast phase process is used for ____ term forecasts.
17. In what stage of the wave cyclone process would you move the low towards the max 500mb height falls?
18. What would excessive SFC convergence due to a Low?
20. Unstable wave - ___________ isobaric pattern moves midway between warm frontal trough axis and pressure falls center.
21. MSWR's will _____ as they extend poleward
25. Warm front moving over a warm SFC causes what?
26. Optimum stacking is 1-3 degrees between SFC and 850mb.
27. This type of low forms at the base of LWTs and MAY develop into a cut-off Low.
28. Cold occlusions move at the same rate as _________?
31. Anticyclonic synoptic flow decreases on cold side of front resulting in what?
32. The right-front quadrant of a jet max has what type of winds?
33. This process occurs when there is a decrease of mass upstream and aloft for a deepening low.
34. What wave cyclone stage would the SFC low be replaced by a high pressure?

2. Located on the -N side of the STJ.
3. MSW's move 12 degrees in _________.
4. This type of blocking pattern has a LWR extending poleward and Eastward of 500mb Low.
5. The goal of this phase is to determine the future state of the atmosphere.
6. Exists for weeks to months.
8. Migrates N & S at 5Kts or less per day?
11. Located between the Arctic Jet and PFJ.
13. The cold front's ______ section moves east to SE at 25Kts.
14. Baroclinic features move _______ between the poles and the equator.
16. Wave-induced troughs will _____ when the 500mb low fills.
19. What would happen to a LWT if a Jet Max and MSWT are between the upstream inflection point and the base of the trough?
22. There are two forecast methods for Jet fingers, one is simple extrapolation, what is the other?
23. One of the source regions for the Equatorial Lows is "West African Coast and Cape ____ Islands."
24. What would happen to a LWT if WAA is added on the upstream side?
29. May undergo cyclogenesis with upper level support.
30. What would happen to a Low if confluence aloft increases via converging jet fingers?