Intro to Meteorology Final Exam || with Error-free Solutions.
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This type of front is a complex frontal system that forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front correct answers Occluded front
We can make a statement now that there is a 40% chance that Lincoln, NE will experience a white Christmas this year (1' of snow or more on the ground.) What type of f...
Intro to Meteorology Final Exam || with Error-free
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This type of front is a complex frontal system that forms when a cold front overtakes a warm
front correct answers Occluded front
We can make a statement now that there is a 40% chance that Lincoln, NE will experience a
white Christmas this year (1' of snow or more on the ground.) What type of forecast is this
correct answers Probability forecase
This type of front has essentially no air movement and is drawn by an alternating blue and red
line with red semi circles and blue triangles correct answers stationary front
what type of forecast finds the average of multiple forecast models to determine the most likely
weather event correct answers Ensemble forecast
Which range of forecast is likely to be the most accurate correct answers Short-range forecast
Precipitation is most likely to occur along both sides of this front boundary correct answers Cold
Front
According to a trend forecast, using the map below of today's weather, the temperature in Crete
NE will likely be _______ tomorrow. correct answers Colder
True or False: A watch indicates that severe weather is happening now, while a warning
indicates that conditions are right for the potential of severe weather correct answers False
The inside of a warm front typically has ________ correct answers no precipitation
What type of forecast uses the logic that if a rain event is occurring now, then in the next hour or
so it is still likely to be raining or overcast correct answers Persistence Forecast
True or False: Air density is associated with temperature correct answers True
During a ________ front, warm air is pushed upward as cold air moves through correct answers
cold
this station below indicates that cloud cover is (half shaded circle) correct answers Partly cloudy
(1/2 cloud cover)
As a low pressure system moves through an area, air pressure will likely _______ correct
answers decrease than increase
Which type of front is represented with the color pink, half semi circles and triangles alternating
correct answers Occluded front
, A local news channel shows a seven-day weather outlook. What range of forecasts is the news
channel showing? correct answers Short and medium-range forecast
Winds around high pressure systems blow ______________ correct answers clockwise
Storms are mostly associated with ______________ pressure systems correct answers low
True or False: 21st century weather forecasting relies primarily on computer systems that can
manage and predict weather events from a huge amount of data sets correct answers True
True of False: high and low weather systems usually travel from west to east across the United
States correct answers True
The cloud identified below occurs at the forefront of some multicellular thunderstorms, and is
located close to the ground in a circular shape. What cloud? correct answers Roll Cloud
This scale measures tornado intensity based on 28 wind damage indicators. correct answers
Enhanced Fuijita Scale
Tornado Alley is located in the ___ correct answers Central Plains
True of False: the average frequency of identified and documented tornadoes have increase from
the 1950s to today correct answers true
True or False: According to an article discussed in class, The National Weather Service
Forecasters are providing more advanced notice for tornadoes compared to five years ago correct
answers false
This phenomenon of extreme downdrafts can be extremely dangerous to air plane travel around
thunderstorms. However, advanced detection systems of this phenomenon have reduced air plane
crashes since the 1990s correct answers microbursts
This shape of storm occurs in a squall line thunderstorm, when strong winds push forward a
center position of the storm, to form a slight bend in the squall line correct answers bow echo
True of False: Geographic information Systems (GIS/ESRI) has created a database for all
tornado outbreaks in the United States between 1980 and 2012. correct answers True
a conditionally unstable atmospheric environment is best represented by correct answers cold,
dry, air, aloft, over warm, moist air
this type of thunderstorm formation is most likely associated with tornado formation correct
answers supercell thunderstorm
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