METREOLOGY CLASS METREOLOGY CLASS during the passage of a 3. Which of the folowi
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METREOLOGY CLASS
METREOLOGY CLASS
during the passage of a 3. Which of the folowing would you NOT expect to obscrve gust front? a. gusty winds b. rising surface pressure c. an increase in remperature d. a shift in wind direction 36. A li of thunderstorms that forms ahead of an advancing cold front is called a: a. roll cloud. b. squall line. c. gust front. d. dry line. 37. Which of the following is NOT correct concerning a warm front? a. It has warm air in advance (often north) ofit. b. It is colored red on a weather map. c. In winter it is usually associated with stratiform clouds. d. It normally moves more slowly than a cold front. 38. The rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm is called the a. inflow. b. whirlwind. c. suction vortex. d. mesocyclone. 39. The downdraft in an ordinary thunderstorm is created mainly by: a. the melting of snow in the anvil b. evaporating raindrops that make the air cold and heavy c. the release of latent heat as water in the cloud freezes. d. electrical attraction between the cloud and ground. The greatest annual number of thunderstorms in the United States occurs in a. the Ohio valley b. the Central Plains. 40. c. Texas. d. Florida. 41. mlen unmy days with very cold nights would be ights would be associated with what type of air mass? a. mP b. mT C. cP 42. Before the passage of a cold front the pressure normally of a cold front the pressure normally and after the passage a. falls; falls b. falls; rises c. rises, rises d. rises; fallsExplanation / Answer
35-an increase in temperature
36-squall line
37-it has a warm air in advance
38-mesocyclone
39-evaporating raindrops that makes the air cold and heavy
40-occurs in florida
41-air mass is Cp type
42-falls,rises
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