Exam 19: Moisture, Clouds, and Weather

____________________ occur in low-pressure regions with accompanying surface winds that spiral inward.

What are the three atmospheric processes that cool air to its dew point and cause condensation?

What is a stationary font, and what kind of conditions form as a result?

Frontal weather patterns are determined by the types of air masses that collide and their relative speeds and directions.

Describe how a warm front and cold front forms.

The desert in Death Valley formed as a result of ____.

Where does evaporation fog and upslope fog occur?

Condensation happens when moist air ____.

Which statement about atmospheric humidity is correct?

High-altitude clouds composed of ice crystals are called ____ clouds.

What does cirrus clouds look like? At what elevation do they form?

Summarize orographic lifting, frontal wedging, and convection-convergence.

____________________ clouds are fluffy clouds with flat bottoms and billowy tops.

____________________ are seasonal winds caused by uneven heating and cooling of land and sea.

____ forms when rain falls on subfreezing surfaces.

When air cools as it rises along a land surface, ____ fog forms.

Since warm air can hold more moisture than cold air, clouds generally do not form over ____ regions.

What happens to water when the relative humidity reaches 100 % ?

Lightning is possibly caused by friction between intense winds and ice crystals as well as ____.

Frost is simply dew that freezes.