Zonal wind flow - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

WX 201 Exam 3 HW #1 & 2 Questions and Answers Upper-level winds in the middle latitudes of both hemispheres generally blow from ____. The west The pressure gradient force is directed from higher pressure toward lower pressure at all places on Earth. The Coriolis force acts at a ____ degree angle to the wind. 90 On a 500 millibar chart, ____ are drawn to represent horizontal changes in altitude which correspond to horizontal changes in pressure. Contour Lines The surface ...

Storms (general characteristics) - Correct Answer -smaller than general circulation -migratory and transient - relatively short duration (min, hr, days) - relatively predictable conditions 3 Classes of Storms - Correct Answer 1. Mid-Lat Disturbances 2. Tropical Disturbances 3. Localized Severe Weather Mid-Lat cyclones are the cause of ______ for much of the year - Correct Answer precipitation Mid-Lat cyclones occur within the zone of the ________. - Correct Answer Westerlies (3...

What is an adiabatic process? - answer-Clouds moving up into the atmosphere until the dew point temperature = regular temperature, then a cloud forms, without a transfer of heat How would one normally obtain the environmental lapse rate? - answer-By releasing a radiosonde into the atmosphere What could make the air lift? - answer--Daytime Solar Heating -Advection of Warm Air -Advecting air over warm surface Why are the moist and dry adiabatic rates of cooling different? - answer-The...