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2.         Use the following terms to fill in the blanks for the following questions. You may use a term more than once. (16pts)

slowly              rapidly             stratus                         mT                               cP                   

steep               severe             cirrus               cumulonimbus            nimbostratus  

            less                  long                 short                fronts

In the middle latitudes, the surface winds in a cyclone can force air masses of different densities to converge. Because warm air is _____ dense than cold air, when surface winds converge, it is forced to rise. The boundaries formed between two air masses of differing densities, called _______, are named for the temperature of the air mass that is moving into an area previously occupied by an air mass with a distinctly different temperature.

Over North America, a warm front forms when the converging surface winds drive a warm, _____ air mass from the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean into a region occupied by cooler air – often the _____ air mass from Canada. Because warm air is buoyant, it slowly rises over the colder air mass creating a low, gradually sloping frontal boundary aloft. As a result, these types of fronts create _____ clouds as the air _____ rises and condenses in a layered form. Locations several hundred miles downwind of these fronts may see the formation of the high altitude ______ clouds as the _____ air mass rises to the highest altitudes along the front boundary. ________ clouds form in the regions nearest the front’s surface boundary. These types of clouds typically produce _____ duration precipitation that falls with varying intensity.

A cold front forms over North America when the converging surface winds the drive cold _____ air mass from Canada into a region occupied by the _____ air mass. Because the colder air is dense, the collision forces the warm air to ______ rise straight up along a very ______ front slope boundary. As a result, _______ clouds are most often produced along these types of fronts.   These clouds of vertical development typically produce _____ duration, high intensity rainfalls, hail, and lightning some of which may become _____.

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In the middle latitudes, the surface winds in a cyclone can force air masses of different densities to converge. Because warm air is less dense than cold air, when surface winds converge, it is forced to rise. The boundaries formed between two air masses of differing densities, called front, are named for the temperature of the air mass that is moving into an area previously occupied by an air mass with a distinctly different temperature.

Over North America, a warm front forms when the converging surface winds drive a warm, steep air mass from the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean into a region occupied by cooler air – often the long air mass from Canada. Because warm air is buoyant, it slowly rises over the colder air mass creating a low, gradually sloping frontal boundary aloft. As a result, these types of fronts create nimbostratus clouds as the air rapidly rises and condenses in a layered form. Locations several hundred miles downwind of these fronts may see the formation of the high altitude ______ clouds as the stratus air mass rises to the highest altitudes along the front boundary. cumulonimbus clouds form in the regions nearest the front’s surface boundary. These types of clouds typically produce stratus duration precipitation that falls with varying intensity.

A cold front forms over North America when the converging surface winds the drive cold fronts air mass from Canada into a region occupied by the short air mass. Because the colder air is dense, the collision forces the warm air to slowly rise straight up along a very long front slope boundary. As a result, severe clouds are most often produced along these types of fronts.   These clouds of vertical development typically produce cp duration, high intensity rainfalls, hail, and lightning some of which may become mt.

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