Climatology

Question 1

What are the characteristics

Tropical Maritime

Answer 1

WARM & WET

mT

Question 2

What are the characteristics

Tropical Continental

Answer 2

WARM & DRY

cT

Question 3

What are the characteristics

Polar Continental

Answer 3

COLD & DRY

cP

Question 4

What are the characteristics

Polar Maritime

Answer 4

COLD & WET

mP

Question 5

What are the characteristics

Arctic Maritime

Answer 5

VERY COLD & FAIRLY DRY

mA

Question 6

Tropical Maritime

What are the conditions;
1. Winter
2. Summer

Cloud and fog type

Answer 6

WINTER
Dull, low cloud, poor visibility
Advection fog
SUMMER
Surface heating, cloud dissipates
Radiation fog

The tropical mariners winter is dull with moving fog
The tropical mariners summer is cloudless with still fog

Question 7

Tropical Continental

What are the conditions;
1. Stability
2. Summer (temperature and visibility)

Answer 7

1. Stable
2. Heat wave, poor visibility (Haze)

Whilst warm air can contain more moisture, air parcel travels over land so picks up little moisture so remains stable.
Hazy due to particulates hanging in the air

Question 8

Polar Continental

What are the conditions;
1. Winter
2. Summer

Answer 8

WINTER
Moist
East coast showers
SUMMER
Cooling effect
Sea fog (Haar)

The Continental polar bear is moist in the east in winter
The Continental polar bear is cool in sea fog in the summer

Question 9

Polar Maritime

What are the 4 conditions

Answer 9

1. Humid
2. Unstable
3. Moist
4. Showers

The Polar Mariner HUMS

Question 10

What is returning Polar Maritime

Answer 10

1. Polar Maritime air mass moves south first over sea
2. Picks up moisture
3. Heads back inland, heated from below
4. Stable lower layer, Unstable upper layer
5. Showers and Thunderstorms

Question 11

Arctic Maritime

What are the conditions

Answer 11

1. Mainly dry
2. Excellent visibility
3. Snow on north coast
4. First winter snows (Scotland)

The arctic mariner is dry and can see the snow in scotland

Question 12

What is Europes predominant winter atmospheric circulation

Answer 12

NORTH ATLANTIC LOW PRESSURE

Question 13

North Atlantic low pressure path is typically influenced by what

Answer 13

JET STREAM

Question 14

Continental high pressure in winter

1. Which direction does it move
2. What does it do to the North Atlantic low pressure system
3. What weather conditions (visibility, temp, wind direction)

Answer 14

1. May move West
2. Blocks incoming North Atlantic Low
3. Clear skies, low temperatures, NE, E winds

After a few days, overcast low clouds form, drizzle, and generally gloomy weather

Question 15

What is Europes predominant atmospheric summer circulation

Answer 15

SOUT ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE

Question 16

What is another name for the South Atlantic High Pressure system

Answer 16

AZORES HIGH

Question 17

Which direction does the Azores high move

Answer 17

NORTH AND EASTERLY

Question 18

What sort of weather conditions and visibility can Azores high bring to the UK

Answer 18

1. HEAT WAVE
2. POOR VISIBILITY

Poor visibility due to inverstion layer and haze

Question 19

What is the Mistral

Answer 19

Northerly Rhone Valley Wind
Cold and turbulent weather

Question 20

What is the Rhone Valley Wind known as

Answer 20

MISTRAL

Question 21

What sort of weather can Northern Europes West and South facing costs expect

Answer 21

CLOUD, PRECIPITATION, FOG
Westerly/South Westerly Atlantic air, tropical maritime air

Question 22

General Knowledge

The Arctic Mariner clearly sees the snow in dry scotland
The Polar Mariner HUMS
The Tropical Mariners winter is dull with moving fog
The Tropical Mariners summer is cloudless with still fog
The Continental polar bear is moist in the east in winter
The Continental polar bear is cool in sea fog in summer

Answer 22

MC APT
M = Maritime = LEFT
C = Continental = RIGHT
A
P P
T T