73. The reported current weather is (a) fog (b) thunderstorm (c) rain (d) snow (

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73. The reported current weather is (a) fog (b) thunderstorm (c) rain (d) snow (e) no current weather is reported on the station plot 74. For upper-air maps what atmospheric variable is used as the vertical coordinate? (a) temperature (b) moisture (c) pressure (d) wind speed (e) vorticity 75. What instrument that has been around since the 1950's still collects all our upper-air data daily across the world? (a) hot-air balloons (b) radiosondes (i.e. weather balloon) (c) radars (d) intelligent monkeys 76. Upper-air data is collected twice daily, at 0000 UTC and 1200 UTC. If it is wintertime i Norman, OK (say during the month of January), at what local times are the observations take (a) 5am and 5pm CST (b) 6am and 6pm CST (c) 7am and 7pm CST (d) 8am and 8pm CST (e) 9am and 9pm CST 77. What two things can we observe with a Doppler Radar system? (a) temperature and radial wind speed (b) reflectivity and temperature (c) reflectivity and radial wind speed (d) pressure and reflectivity 78. Climatologically, what time of day do tornadoes typically occur? (a) Early morning (b) Around noon (c) Late afternoon (d) Overnight 79. Vorticity is a measure of the in a flow in the atmosphere. (a) moisture (b) temperature (c) pressure (d) rotation

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73. e) no current weather is recorded on the plot station.

74. c) pressure.

75. b) radiosondes(i.e. weather ballons)

76. d) 8am and 8pm.

77. c) reflectivity and radial wind speed.

78. d) overnight.

79. d) rotation.

1. a) the heat from sunshine moves from South of equator to north of equator.

2. d) south.

3. a) warming aloft and warming below.

4. a) east;builds.

5. a) the northside.

6. b) low pressure.

7. c) no pressure system will be formed.

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