Title: The lifecycle of what kind of thunderstorm is this?
1The lifecycle of what kind of thunderstorm is
this?
1
Choose from (single-cell, multi-cell, or
super-cell)
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This is a plan view of what kind of thunderstorm?
Choose from (single-cell, multi-cell, or
super-cell)
3What kind of thunderstorm is shown here?
Choose from (single-cell, multi-cell, or
super-cell)
3
4Given these winds at 10,000 ft above sea level,
where would you place a low? (at A,B, C or D?)
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A
B
C
D
5What is the temperature and dewpoint (F) in
Laramie at this time?
5
6What is the wind direction and speed (kts) in
Laramie at this time?
6
77
What is this?
88
What kind of cloud is this?
99
Fill out the blank for (c)
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10The orange line (a) applies to the (am or pm)
10
AM (night/sunrise) PM (afternoon)
11What kind of cloud is this, and what kind of
severe weather phenomenon does it spawn?
11
12These maps, esp. the red areas, show regions most
at risk of what ?
A
12
13What causes the weak echo region?
13
A
B
14What is the blue line around the thunderstorms?
(choose from highway, storm outflow boundary,
cold front, warm front, other)
14
1515
What is this instrument called?
1616
The picture on the left applies to which
hemisphere?
this one
17Why is it windier in the Great Plains than in the
Southeast, given the same pressure gradient
(spacing between isobars) ?
17
A
TX
18Where is the surface low near A or B?
18
A
B
1919. Why is the airflow convergent at downwind
side of a large lake?
slow
slow
fast
2020
What is the name of the force in red?
21Define point A (low, high, ridge, trof, saddle)
21
A
2222
Define line A-B (low, high, ridge, trof, saddle)
A
B
23Where is it windier at this time, in Texas or
near A (Hudson Bay) ?
23
A
TX
24What 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)
25
Extra credit
2626
Now imagine column A is cooled below 500 hPa.
Will the 500 hPa surface become lower or higher
at A?
Extra credit
27What kind of current is shown here,
schematically?
Extra credit
27
H
F
D
G
B
E
A
C
2828. Why is the airflow deflected to the right
over a large lake?
Extra credit