Macroscale and Synoptic Scale 8A

4. With a Plateau High, cold air is trapped on the surface by a(n) ________________.
6. Thermal lows form over hot _______ due to intense surface heating.
7. A cold core low will seek ____ surface temperatures.
9. Two subtropical ridges extend latitudinally toward each other and a warm pocket and high height center form in between.
11. Occurs when the left rear quadrant of the jet max is upstream of the Trough axis and its inflection point.
12. Stable waves generally _______ at night.
13. Shallow systems that never reflect below the LND.
15. A _______ blocking pattern consisting of a 500mb high center poleward of a 500mb low center near the same longitude.
17. Ex: Alps or Rocky Mountaions.
19. If it grows it _____
23. Extends from the polar high's upper low over the continent.
25. Occluded fronts stack ___________ near the triple point.
26. A _____ wave has an average stack of 3-5 degrees.
28. In a __________ pattern jet fingers become more pronounced.
29. Features that stack vertically.
30. ________ systems normally exist for 2-11 days.
31. Used to forecast the minimum temperature by counting chirps in 14 sec then adding 40.

1. A _____________ is a seasonal change in the prevailing winds.
2. Barotropic lows may progress, remain stationary, or ________.
3. Occurs when cold air advection decreases on the cold side of a front.
5. Eventually the surface high mimics warm moist air and becomes _______ by the subtropical ridge.
8. A ______ low may continue to deepen at 500mb as it drifts poleward of the PFJ.
10. According to _________, major short waves move 8 degrees per day in the summer and 12 degrees in the winter.
14. Migrates to the Gulf of Alaska in the summer.
16. Baroclinic highs stack back to _____ air aloft.
18. Blocking pattern consisting of a cut off-high poleward of a medium amplitude ridge.
20. A ______ low is the upper low associated with a decaying wave once the occlusion begins to fill.
21. Constant Movement Method is BEST for _____________.
22. Upper level diffluence increasing 5-7 degrees upstream and aloft of surface convergence.
24. Low centers move west along the North Equatorial current turning poleward around a subtropical ridge then they may continue moving poleward.
27. Factors downstream of wave cyclones resulting in cyclolysis include decreasing WAA, Movement over cold surfaces, and _________ cooling.