Station Models
Air Masses and Fronts
Air Pressure
ESRT/ Random
Wind
100
What is the cloud coverage here?
100%
100
What weather front is shown here? What direction is this air mass moving? N E S W?
Warm front moving north/northwest
100
What instrument is used to measure the air pressure of the atmosphere?
Barometer
100
What page in the ESSRT can you find information about station models on?
18
100
Does wind blow from low to high pressure or high to low pressure?
High to low
200
What is the present weather in this weather statin model?
Intermittent Light Rain
200
What type of air front is associated with short lived and violent weather? (thunderstorms)
Cold Front
200
How would 984.0 mb of pressure be coded on a station model?
840
200
What does cP stand for?
Continental Polar
200
Due to the Coriolis Effect, winds in the Northern Hemisphere will be deflected which way?
To the right
300
What is the present weather condition here?
Light Fog
300
How would you describe the air conditions of an air mass that is a cP?
Cool and dry
300
A station model records a pressure of 033. What is the pressure in mb? (millabars)
1003.3 mb
300
Draw an occluded front
300
Does a high pressure system rotate clockwise or counter clockwise?
Clockwise
400
What is the wind speed AND direction here?
From the NW at 25 knots
400
Would a cT air mass form over Mexico or Canada?
Over Mexico
400
What kind of weather would you expect in the center high pressure system?
Cold and Dry
400
Draw drifting snow
400
Based on the ESSRT, what pressure system is located at 30 degrees North?
A subtropical high pressure system
500
What is the barometric pressure in mb?
998.6 mb
500
What direction is this weather front heading? :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Stationary_front_symbol2222-748aa6ffd6744d629a468adc635dc98c.jpg)
NOT MOVING! - Stationary Front
500
Create a station model with the pressure 1043.5mb Temp = 65 Dew Point = 63 Cloud Cover = 9/10 Present weather = Slight rain showers Visibility = 1/2 mile
500
What happens when the atmosphere is supersaturated?
Precipitation will occur
500
What wind belt affects our weather in the USA?
Westerlies