Midlatitude cyclones - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Updated WX 301 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 2024/2025 A dry line is a boundary between airmasses - CORRECT ANSWER-mT and CT A horizontal bright band is seen in a range-height indicator display during precipitation - CORRECT ANSWER-stratiform A numerical forecast can beat climatology only out to about ahead - CORRECT ANSWER-IO days A radar detects - CORRECT ANSWER-precipitation A surface cold front has just reached Chicago from the west. At 10,000 ft ACL, the cold front will be located of C...

Properties of water - • Exists as a liquid at most places on Earth's surface • Expands when it freezes; which is important in the weathering of rock • Hydrogen bonding creates surface tension, a "skin" of molecules giving water a stickiness quality - surface tension • Capillarity; water can "climb" up narrow openings. This is important to the movement of groundwater. • Good solvent; water dissolves most substances • High specific heat; it takes a relatively hi...

These notes are from the slide show that was presented in class for Topic 9.

IEB Geography notes for Grade 12 These notes are on Midlatitude Cyclones