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WX 201 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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WX 201 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhich of the following air masses is not typically seen in the U.S. in winter?
Maritime polar
Continental tropical
Maritime tropical
Continental polar - Answers-Continental tropical
The continental arctic (cA) air mass is usually produced at high latitudes by persistent: -
Answers-Radiational cooling
The passage of a warm occluded front in the winter would most likely occur in which of
the following locations?
Seattle, Washington
Portland, Maine
Kansas City
Raleigh, NC - Answers-Seattle, Washington
An occluded front is typically marked using a ______ - Answers-Purple line
A _______ front features warm air advancing into a region of cooler air. - Answers-
Warm
Does cA (continental arctic) exist in the Summer? - Answers-No
Does cP (continental polar) exist in Summer? - Answers-Yes
mP most common places - Answers-Pacific NW, Northern California
New England/Mid-Atlantic coasts
Characteristics of mT air mass in North America - Answers-high dewpoints, heavy
precipitation
In summer mT - Answers-east of the Rockies, west side of Bermuda high
very unstable
When are tornadoes most likely to occur in FL? - Answers-January
How does meridional flow assist in occluded fronts? - Answers-Allow the air to go up
and down allowing them to mix
What is the biggest collision point? - Answers-Midwest: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Nebraska maybe North Dakota
Does cold air move faster on the surface or aloft? - Answers-Surface
, Why shouldn't pilots go through stationary fronts? - Answers-icing concern
Where is it colder in a cold front? ahead or behind the line? - Answers-behind
Where is the lowest pressure in a front? - Answers-Right at the front
maritime - Answers-A humid air mass that forms over oceans
continental - Answers-A dry air mass that forms over land
What does a cold front do to air that was warm before it? - Answers-Digs under the
warm, making the warm air rise.
It's January and you're in Portland, Oregon. The wind is blowing from the west at 10
knots and it's drizzling. What type of air mass are you likely experiencing? - Answers-
Maritime polar
A front is technically defined as: - Answers-A transition zone between air masses of
different densities
You're in class on campus on some December day in some year. When you entered
class, the temperature was 65 F with partly cloudy skies and winds out of the south at
15 knots. When you leave class, you find that the temperature is 52 F with light rain and
winds out of the NW at 20 knots. What type of front likely passed through Daytona while
you were in class? - Answers-Cold front
(T/F) A dryline is defined as an air temperature boundary. - Answers-False
A cold occluded front features _____ air just behind the front than just ahead of it -
Answers-Colder
The bigger the dew point, how does that affect amount of moisture? - Answers-Bigger
dewpoint= higher moisture
Where do thunderstorms form in regards to a cold front? - Answers-Ahead of the cold
front
Which of the two are more subtle? Cold or Warm fronts? - Answers-Warm fronts
Which air moves faster cold or warm? - Answers-cold
Where do warm occluded fronts occur - Answers-Pacific Coast
All fronts are typically connected to? - Answers-surface cyclones
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