1The lifecycle of what kind of thunderstorm is this?

Choose from: (single-cell, multi-cell, or super-cell)

2

This is a plan view of what kind of thunderstorm?

Choose from: (single-cell, multi-cell, or super-cell)

3

What kind of thunderstorm is shown here?

Choose from: (single-cell, multi-cell, or super-cell)

4Given these winds at ~10,000 ft above sea level, where would you place a low? (at A,B, C or D?)

C

A

B

D

5 What is the temperature and dewpoint (F) in Laramie at this time?

6 What is the wind direction and speed (kts) in Laramie at this time?

7 What is this?

8What kind of cloud is this?

9Fill out the blank for (c)

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10The orange line (a) applies to the … (am or pm)

AM (night/sunrise)PM (afternoon)

11 What kind of cloud is this, and what kind of severe weather phenomenon does it spawn?

12

A

These maps, esp. the red areas, show regions most at risk of what ?

13A

What causes the weak echo region?

B

14What is the blue line around the thunderstorms? (choose from: highway, storm outflow boundary, cold front, warm front, other)

15 What is this instrument called?

16 The picture on the left applies towhich hemisphere?

this one

17Why is it windier in the Great Plains than in

the Southeast, given the same pressure gradient (spacing between isobars) ?

A

TX

18Where is the surface low

near A or B?

A B

19. Why is the airflow convergent at downwind side of a large lake?

slow slowfast

20 What is the name of the force in red?

21A

Define point A (low, high, ridge, trof, saddle)

22A

Define line A-B (low, high, ridge, trof, saddle)

B

23Where is it windier at this time, in Texas or near A (Hudson Bay) ?

A

TX

What is the name of the force causing the air to deflect to the

right in the northern hemisphere?

24

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25What are the yellow lines? (ridge, trofs, drylines, cold fronts, warm fronts, occlusions)

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26

Now imagine column A is cooled below 500 hPa. Will the 500 hPa surface

become lower or higher at A?

B

A

H

G

F

E

C

D

What kind of current is shown here, schematically?

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28. Why is the airflow deflected to the right over a large lake? Extra

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