Exam 19: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms

Cold fronts and warm fronts in the middle latitudes are often associated with a ___________.

By international agreement, lesser tropical cyclones are given different names based on the strength of their winds. When a cyclone's strongest winds do not exceed 61 kilometers 38 miles. per hour, it is called an___________ .

The boundary between air masses having different densities is called an___________.

A Category 5 hurricane in the open water can obtain top wind speed comparable to ___________.

Tropical cyclones, which are called hurricanes in the Atlantic, are called___________ in the western Pacific

Discuss the formation and growth of tropical cyclone hurricanes. and how winds aloft affect their formation.

Most severe thunderstorms that occur in the middle latitudes form along or ahead of ___________fronts.

An air mass that forms in the North Atlantic Ocean in winter over cold water and then comes ashore is a___________ mass.

In a hurricane, the greatest wind speeds and heaviest rainfall occur in the region called the___________ .

A cT air mass is ___________ and___________ .

What type of front is illustrated in the diagram below?

Hurricanes form between the latitudes of ___________degrees.

The greatest storm surge and highest winds occur in the___________ quadrant of Northern Hemisphere hurricanes.

You are in mid- latitudes in winter. You experience heavy snow followed by a dramatic drop in temperature as a cold front passes, but for almost 24 hours the weather is clear. Then, high clouds appear in the west, thicken to stratus clouds and you receive a light new snowfall aka snow flurries. but the temperature remains cold. You have just seen the passage of ___________.

The greatest loss of life during a natural disaster occurred during___________ .

Midlatitude anticyclones are typically centered on ___________.

Precipitation associated with a cold front is usually ___________intense and___________ in duration than precipitation generated by a warm front.

On a weather map,___________ fronts are shown by a line with triangular points on one side.

Thunder is produced by___________ .

Usually ___________fronts produce several hours to days of moderate- to- gentle precipitation over a large region.