Weather Systems Flashcards
What is associated with a Depression (low pressure)?
- Strong Winds
- Surface Convergence
- Upper Divergence
- Convection
- Precipitation
What is the Tropical cell circulation called?
Hadley Cell
What is the clouds associated with a warm front?
- Nimbo Stratus (Ns)
- Alto Stratus (As)
- Cirro Stratus (Cs)
- Cirrus (Ci)
What are the four types of depression?
- Frontal Depression
- Orographic Depressions
- Thermal Depressions
- Cold air lows
What is the weather conditions associated with a Martime Polar Cold air mass? (mPc)
Convective Cloud, Showers and Good Visibility
What is the the source and weather associated with a Continental Polar Cold arrivng in europe?
cPc source is from the siberaian high in winter and brings, dry, cold and stable air with it.
If a continental tropical warm picks up moisture what happens?
The moisture will remain below the inversion causing low level advection fog.
What direction does the air flow in the tropical air at the equator?
In an easterly direction
What is the tropical circulation of air called?
Hadley Cell
The riple moving from west to east is known as?
The Polar Wave
The occluded front is caused by and does what to the depression?
The occluded front is caused by the cold front catching up to the warm front causing the occlusion, once the occlusion is formed the frontal system breaks contact with the warm air side and eventually dies.
What are the clouds associated with a cold front in an occlusion?
- Ns
- Emb Cb
- As
- Ci
Straturs and Stratus Cumulus in the core and rain falling in the warm sector.
What are the clouds associated and where is the rain fall in a warm front during an occlusion?
- Ns
- As
- Ci
St Fra and majority of the rain fall in the cold sector
