Fronts And Frontal Depressions Flashcards
Cyclqgenesis is the name used to describe the development of a low/high.
Low
Where would you find the northern hemisphere polar front in the summer?
Canada to scotland
Where would you find the northern hemisphere polar front in the winter?
Florida to cornwall
What is frontolysis?
Decay of a front
What is frontogenesis?
Formation of a front
The slope of a warm front boundary is shallow at 1:XXX slope
150
At what front in the winter sees freezing rain? Warm / cold
Warm front.
The slope of a cold front boundary is shallow at 1:XX slope
50
Which travels faster cold/warm front?
Cold
What type of weather do you get when you get an occluded front?
Both cold and warm fronts
What type of occlusion is more common in the summer.
Cold occlusion.
Blank occlusion is the continuation of a warm front.
Warm.
What type of front lasts several days?
Stationary front.
Which of the following statements is correct about a warm occlusion in Western Europe? A warm occlusion is a combination of a warm and cold front. At the surface, it resembles a warm front with embedded CBs. The precipitation falls ahead/behind of the surface position of the front.
Ahead
For a tropical storm, it needs the Coriolis effect which requires X-X degrees
5-30
The risk of fog is less/more, ahead of and behind the warm front than ahead of and behind the cold front.
More
At the cold front, BKN to OVC layers may occur with CU and CB. However, if the air is stable/unstable cold fronts can also produce nimbostratus clouds (and stratocumulus, and stratus clouds.)
Stable
The clouds behind a cold front is typically:
Cumulus
U
U
In what front would you get poor visibility in mist and drizzle
Warm.
Where does the doldrums occur?
Equator
What will Polar maritime air flowing over warm land in the summer cause?
Showers and TCU
What weather can be expected when a polar front approaches a mountain range in south europe?
CB
