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A good source region for an air mass would be ____. generally flat areas of uniform composition with light surface winds Freezing rain, more commonly, occurs with warm fronts than with cold fronts. True Before the passage of a cold front, the pressure normally ____, and after the passage of...

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WX 201: Survey of Meteorology -
Part 3 Sandboxe Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)s
A good source region for an air mass would be ____.


✓ generally flat areas of uniform composition with light surface winds




Freezing rain, more commonly, occurs with warm fronts than with cold fronts.


✓ True




Before the passage of a cold front, the pressure normally ____, and after the

passage of a cold front, the pressure normally ____.


✓ drops; rises




What type of air mass would be responsible for refreshing cool, dry breezes

after a long summer hot spell in the Central Plains?


✓ cP




An air mass is characterized by similar properties of ____ and ____ in any

horizontal direction.




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✓ temperature; humidity




The designation for a cool, moist air mass is ____.


✓ mP




A good air mass source region is generally flat and of uniform composition

with light surface winds.


✓ True




A front is the transition zone between two air masses of different ____.


✓ densities




A situation, where a cold front overtakes a slower moving warm front, then

underrides and lifts off the ground both the warm front and the warm air mass,

is called ____.


✓ cold occluded front




A "back-door" cold front best describes which of the following situations?


✓ A cold front that moves into New England from the Atlantic Ocean.




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Clear sunny days with very cold nights would be associated with what type of

air mass?


✓ cP




Air masses are usually classified according to their ____ and ____.


✓ temperature; humidity




What type of weather front would likely be responsible for the following

weather forecast? "Light rain and cold today with temperatures just above

freezing. Southeasterly winds shifting to westerly tonight. Turning colder with

rain becoming mixed with snow, then changing to snow."


✓ Dryline




Lake-effect snows are snowstorms that form on the ____ side of a large lake.


✓ downwind




A true cold front on a weather map is always associated with ____.


✓ cooler air




On a weather map, the transition zone between two air masses with sharply

contrasting properties is marked by ____.

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