Exam 9: Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems

In the high country, trees standing unprotected from the wind are often sculpted into ____________________.

What is a serious hazard to aircraft?

Eddies that form both close to the mountain and beneath each wave crest are called ____.

Wind blowing with sufficient force to move an automobile ____.

List the scales of atmospheric motion from smallest to largest and give an example of each. From what you know about the various types of wind systems, are the size and duration related?

The nighttime counterpart of the sea breeze circulation is called ____.

An ideal setting for a katabatic wind is ____.

Surface winds are generally strongest and most gusty ____.

The airflow on a sand dune is strongest at the top of the dune.

Summertime weather forecasts for cities on the shores of the Great Lakes often contain the phrase "cooler near the lake." Explain the relevance of this phrase.

In the northeastern half of the United States, the prevailing wind in winter is southwest and in summer it is northwest.

What is meant by the term monsoon wind system? Briefly describe or sketch the wind and pressure pattern during the summer and winter monsoon in Asia.

Santa Ana winds warm by ____________________ as they flow down an elevated desert plateau.

Why are winds blowing over mountains generally stronger than winds blowing at the same level on either side?

To protect crops and soil from wind-related erosion, shelterbelts, more formally known as ____, are planted.

When a sea breeze moving north meets a sea breeze moving south, they form a ____.

Chinook winds are ____.

Clouds and precipitation are frequently found on the downwind side of a large lake. This would indicate that the air on the downwind side is ____.

A sea breeze is most likely to develop along a coastline when ____.

Dust devils ____.