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High pressure circulates in this direction (in the northern hemisphere)
What is clockwise
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A trough is a line of (low, high, strong, weak) pressure .
What is low
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What side of a low is considered the "warm" side
What is east (or south)
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The total moisture in the air is measured by this: dew point, relative humidity, evaporation
What is dew point
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Visible satellite pictures show this characteristic of the clouds.
What is the thickness
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An upper level trough is indicated by this on an upper air chart.
What is a dashed line
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Zonal flow is (flatter, more wavy, no different) than high amplitude flow
What is flatter
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Zonal flow is (less stormy, more stormy, no different) than high amplitude flow.
What is less stormy
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The saturation of the atmosphere is best shown by this: dew point, relative humidity, condensation
What is relative humidity
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Infrared pictures show this characteristic of the clouds
What is the height
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A small vorticity maximum moving through a long wave is called this.
What is a short wave
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In order for a surface low to deepen, you need upper level:
What is divergence
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Upper level divergence can be found on the right side of an upper level (trough, ridge, vorticity)
What is a trough
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The relative humidity is 100 percent when the difference between the dew point and the temperature is:
What is 0 (they are the same)
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Locations of rivers or lakes is one way to distinguish snow from clouds on a visible satellite picture. The other way is:
What is loop it!
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Fast movement of air in the upper flow is called this:
What is the jet stream
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Right rear quadrant and left front quadrant are areas of upper divergence in this system
What is a jet streak
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A low pressure system is in the mature stage when the dry conveyor belt is: just starting, about half way wrapped, totally wrapped around the low.
What is totally wrapped
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The day is considered "humid" when the dew point reaches this point: 55,60,65
What is 60
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The maximum effective range of doppler radar is: 50 miles, 100 miles, 175 miles, 250 miles
What is 175 miles
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Which of these is not considered a type of computer model: NAM, RUC, GFS
What RUC
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Models work much like this game: chess, monopoly, backgammon.
What is chess
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It's the best way to prepare a 6 hour forecast or less: Use a short range model, there is no "best" way, or look at past movement of systems
What is look at the past.
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Relative humidity is the best way to show: Total moisture in the air, the chances of seeing clouds, the low temperature for the day
What is the chances of seeing clouds (saturation of the air)
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Shape of the snow flake is one reason snow is harder to detect with radar. Name another reason
What is snow clouds are lower OR What is snow is less dense