Exam 19: Weather Patterns and Severe Weather

What type of front is illustrated in the diagram below?

Hurricanes most often develop in late summer.

What type of front is illustrated in the diagram below?

Surface cyclones are accompanied by divergence aloft.

After the center of a mature wave cyclone passes, you should expect ________.

Thunder is produced by lightning.

A tropical depression has stronger winds than a tropical storm.

When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably ________.

A large body of air that is characterized by a homogeneity of temperature and moisture at any given level is a(n) ________.

Why does the central United States from Texas to the Ohio Valley experience the greatest frequency of tornadoes on Earth? What time of year do they occur and why? Is it possible for tornadoes to occur in other areas and at different times throughout the year?

The electrical discharge of lightning rapidly heats the air, which in turn causes it to expand explosively to produce ________.

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

Word Analysis. Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

Cold fronts usually move more slowly than warm fronts.

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

Thunderstorms are usually associated with nimbostratus clouds.

Doppler radar aids tornado detection.

An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.

Tornadoes are most often generated along the cold front of a middle-latitude cyclone.

When a hurricane moves onto land, it rapidly loses its punch; that is, the storm declines in intensity. Which of the factors listed below contribute to this loss of punch?