11-19-21/11-20-21

Question 1

Weather characterized by Cold Fronts and Warm Fronts

Answer 1

Cold Front are characterized by towering cumulus or cumulonimbus, heavy rain (sometimes lighting/thunder), hail, possibly tornadoes, poor visibility, variable/gusting winds, temperature/dewpoint and barometric pressure drop rapidly

Warm front are characterized by stratiform clouds, drizzle, low ceilings, poor visibility, variable winds, and rise in temperature

Question 2

Trough Explained

Answer 2

Trough is when Low Pressure collides together at the surface and when surrounded by a higher pressure, the low pressure can’t go against the high pressure and it can’t go downward due to the surface, so it goes upward.

Question 3

Ridge explained

Answer 3

Ridge is when Low Pressure collides together over a open ridge or canyon and descends downward

Question 4

Coriolis Effect explained

Answer 4

Is caused by the rotation of the earth it deflects winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and Left in the Southern, near the equator there is little to no deflection. The effect is moving in a straight line is curved across a spherical mass, the curve is caused by different speeds of rotation around different areas around a sphere.

Question 5

Surface Friction against Coriolis Effect Explained

Answer 5

Near the surface, friction reduces the wind speed, which reduces the Coriolis force. The weaker Coriolis force no longer balances the pressure gradient force and so the wind blows across the isobars toward lower pressure.

Question 6

Dewpoint Defined

Answer 6

The temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated

Question 7

What weather occurs when Temperature/Dewpoint are closer together

Answer 7

Visible moisture “Clouds”, dew, or fog.

Question 8

What determines the type of clouds that form and vertical extent of clouds that form.

Answer 8

Stability of atmosphere

Question 9

If you encounter icing, which actions must be taken

Answer 9

Leave the area of visible moisture

Question 10

Temperature Inversion Defined and Ground Based Temperature Inversions characteristics

Answer 10

Temperature inversions are increase in temperature with height.

Ground based temperature inversions characteristics are poor visibility by trapping of air particles and Stable air.