Meteorology Flashcards by Jordan Owen

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Global Pressure Distribution & Prevailing Winds
Need to be able to draw

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Seasons

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Surface Winds

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Convergence & Divergence

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Air Masses

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Buys Ballots Law

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Land Breezes
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Sea Breeze
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Katabatic wind
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Clouds
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Sea Fog
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sea fog, synoptic chart

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Frontal Fog

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Land Fog

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Predicting Sea Fog
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Mid-Latitude Frontal Depressions
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Mid-Latitude Frontal Depressions
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Mid-Latitude Frontal Depressions
must draw 3

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Mid-Latitude Frontal Depressions

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Mid-Latitude Frontal Depressions
must draw

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Published Sources of Weather Information

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Routeing Charts

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Synoptic Charts

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Synoptic Charts: Symbols

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Weather Station Reports

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Weather Routing

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ITCZ Seasons

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ITCZ

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Trade Winds

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Variables

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Latent Heat

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Definition:
Dew Point
Relative Humidity
Saturation Point

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Clouds

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Synoptic chart, changing geostropic wind speed to surface wind speed

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Over the sea reduce speed by 25%

Over the land reduce speed by 40%

Example Geo speed 80kts
sea 80x0.75=60kts
land 80x0.6=48kts