Relative Humidity and Dew Point
Air Pressure
Weather Stations
Fronts
Random Stuff
100

What is one way to decrease relative humidity?

Increase temperature, precipitation

100

What happens to air pressure as you increase altitude within the Troposphere?

It increases. 

100

What is the wind speed (in knots) and direction at this weather station?

25 knots from the Northwest

100

All fronts stem from what type of pressure system?

Low pressure

100

What do hurricanes need to grow stronger?

Warm water

200

What is the relative humidity at this station? 


100%

200

How many inches of mercury is equal to 1021 millibars?

30.15 inches of mercury

200

How can you tell that it is probably snowing at this location?


Temp has hit dew point, below freezing

200

What kind of front is being shown below? 


Cold Front

200

What is the most deadly and costly part of a hurricane?

Storm Surge 

300

What is the dew point of a location that has an air temperature of 24 degrees and a wet bulb of 11 degrees?

-5 degrees

300

How does a high pressure system spin in the Northern Hemisphere?

Clockwise and outward

300

How would the air pressure of 972.5 look when put on a weather station model? 

725

300

What is the most likely starting point of an mT air mass on the East Coast of the United States? 

Gulf of Mexico/ Caribbean 

300

What instrument measures wind speed?

Anemometer 

400

What is the relative humidity of a location with a dry bulb reading of 4 degrees and a wet bulb reading of 3 degrees. 

85%

400

What happens to air pressure in a city as a storm approaches? 

It decreases/ falls

400

Name a station that has an actual air pressure above 1,000mb. 

A or I

400

What type of front is being shown below?

Occluded

400

How many miles per hour is the wind at this location (round to whatever you want):


28.75 or 28.8 or 28