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WEAX 201 Module 8 Study Guide Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved Conditionally unstable - Thunderstorms are convective sotrms containing lightning and thunder, developing when a relatively warm, humid (high dew point) air rises to saturation within a_______ ________ environment. Surface h...

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Conditionally unstable - ✔✔Thunderstorms are convective sotrms

containing lightning and thunder, developing when a relatively warm, humid

(high dew point) air rises to saturation within a_______ ________

environment.

Surface heating and convection

Lifting along a frontal zone, outflow boundary, or topography

Surface convergence and/or upper level divergence - ✔✔Trigger

mechanisms that start air moving upward to the point of saturation could be

one or a combination of the following...

Florida - ✔✔Has the highest frequency of thunderstorms in the United

States

The Pacific coast - ✔✔Has the lowest frequency of thunderstorms in the

United States

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The Great Plains - ✔✔Conditions over ___________are more favorable for

the development of severe thunderstorms, especially supercells, with

strong updrafts.

Ordinary thunderstorms

Severe thunderstorms - ✔✔The two main categories of thunderstorms

Ordinary thunderstorms - ✔✔Short-lived (less than 1 hour)

Severe thunderstorms - ✔✔Produce at least one of the following:

*Large hail ( >1 in. diameter)

*Surface wind gusts greater than or equal to 50kts (58 mph)

*A tornado

Vertical wind shear - ✔✔Severe thunderstorms have longer life spans than

ordinary thunderstorms due to the existence of significant___________.

De-stabilized - ✔✔Short-lived storms which tend to form in the afternoon

when near warm, moist, near-surface air is ______by daytime heating.

Conditions for formation - ✔✔*Weak upper level winds (low vertical wind

shear)

*Tend to form along shallow zones where surface air converges such as:

1. Sea Breeze Fronts

2. Cold outflow from another thunderstorm

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